Preventing EHV-1: What Can You Do?
Stephanie Brault, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM
September 11, 2018
With equine herpesvirus infections seemingly on the rise, here’s how to protect your horses this season.
With equine herpesvirus infections seemingly on the rise, here’s how to protect your horses this season.
A fast-growing equestrian epicenter in a North Carolina hamlet prepares to host the 2018 World Equestrian Games.
The Maryland Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health program is reminding horse owners to keep vaccinations up-to-date current after three unvaccinated horses tested positive for WNV in August.
Scientists recently reported on cases of parasitic worms living in Korean horses’ eyes, triggering immune responses that lead to a cloudy cornea and ultimately total–but reversible– blindness.
Belgian veterinarians have successfully completed the first cardiac ablation—a procedure used to correct irregular heartbeats—performed in a horse. Diamant, a 5-year-old Norwegian show jumper, came through the four-hour operation with no difficulties.
Proper planning can help prevent a disease episode on your farm from becoming a full-blown outbreak.
Take steps to manage your horse’s weight and behavior while he’s cooped up.
Taylor Equine Hospital assistant Ali Harman’s dream job involves clinic cases, farm calls, and foal watch.
Swiss researchers have developed and tested a novel IBH vaccine for horses that minimized the disease-associated inflammation and itching in their trial herd.
Go step-by-step through the experience of botulism diagnosis and treatment with Dr. Daniela Luethy.
Find out where botulism cases are most prevalent and if your horse is at-risk from Dr. Daniela Luethy.
Dr. Daniela Luethy covers recommendations for the botulism vaccination and booster series for horses.
Dr. Daniela Luethy outlines the signs a horse might have botulism, including muscle weakness, lethargy, and the inability to eat.
Routine horse vaccinations are one of the easiest and most efficient ways to protect equids’ health against potentially fatal infectious diseases.
Learn about the lifecycles of common found parasites in horses and how to manage them.
Think botulism can’t happen to your horses? Think again. An owner describes her mare’s battle with the deadly disease.
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