Can I Use the Bovine Lepto Vaccine on My Horse?
Craig Carter, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM
November 2, 2016
Is the leptospirosis vaccine for swine and cattle safe for equine use?
Is the leptospirosis vaccine for swine and cattle safe for equine use?
The Queensland, Australia, parliament has determined that the Hendra vaccine is safe and effective.
Use these 10 veterinarian-approved tips for keeping your horse healthy and comfortable as winter approaches.
The 5-month-old filly from Calhoun County is responding to treatment. The dam was vaccinated, but the filly was not.
Leptospirosis is a serious bacterial disease that causes both recurrent uveitis (“moon blindness”)—especially in Appaloosas, draft horses, and Warmbloods—and abortion in horses. But now there’s a vaccine to prevent it. Is your horse is at risk?
While the incidence of rabies is low, the fatality rate is high: 100%. Learn how to protect your horse.
Equine rabies is invariably fatal once contracted but preventable if proper steps are taken.
Protecting your horse from infectious disease needn’t require storing him in a protective bubble. Here are 10 recommendations from leading equine biosecurity experts.
The USDA licensed a vaccine for use in pregnant mares to protect against leptospirosis, one cause of abortion in horses.
Rabies is life-threatening to horses and humans. Learn about the disease and how to protect yourself and your horse.
Late summer is peak transmission season for West Nile, and equine case numbers are rising in many regions.
Preventing disease is less expensive than treating it, so officials are encouraging horse owners to be proactive.
There has been one confirmed equine WNV case in the state so far this year.
Of the 832 respondents, 713 (86%) said their horses are up-to-date on their West Nile virus vaccines.
So far in 2016, five Louisiana horses have died as a result of Eastern equine encephalitis.
EMS did not appear to significantly impact horses’ humoral responses compared to age-matched controls, researchers said.
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