When traveling with horses, it’s important to make sure they stay safe and healthy during their trip, and they don’t bring
When should a colt be vaccinated for tetanus, and does a leaking umbilical cord ever seal off without surgery?
The name is deceiving, but Potomac horse fever (PHF) is not just a concern for horses near the Potomac River. Cases have been found across most of the United States.1 Knowing the key signs of PHF and watching carefully for them can
The idea of a vaccine is to get the immune system to mount a response against a pathogenic invader while saving the horse from suffering disease symptoms that at best are uncomfortable and inconvenient, and at worst are fatal.
Before WNV reached North American shores, there were two other forms of viral encephalitis for horse owners to worry about. Eastern, Western and Venezuelan equine encephalitis are killers, but vaccination can help stave off these neurologic diseases.
Equine influenza is a common respiratory infection. There are vaccinations against equine flu, but are all vaccines created equally? For the latest news from researchers on equine influenza, read on.
Equine vaccination is complicated, and many factors affecting immunity and vaccination provide possibilities for new technologies and ways to vaccinate horses. Tomorrow’s vaccine technology and delivery methods promise better immunity for horses.
African horse sickness (AHS) has struck close to 300 horses in South Africa so far this year, killing approximately half of them and prompting an embargo on horse transports in Western Cape. The area on equine lockdown includes the country’s
Florida horse owners are being urged to take advantage of the vaccines available to protect their animals against Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) and West Nile virus, said Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson.
Over the course of a few short months, the Australian horse flu outbreak cost the country approximately $100 million AU ($92.6 million US) and caused racing, breeding, and other performance horse-related activities to effectively grind to a halt
More than 1,800 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “When do you vaccinate your horse(s)?”
The outbreaks of equine influenza (EI) that occurred in 2007 in Japan and Australia are a jolting reminder that influenza viruses use simple–but very effective–strategies for their own survival, and that our lack of attention allows this virus to
Revised guidelines for the vaccination of horses are now available from the Infectious Disease Committee of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). The committee, chaired by Mary Scollay, DVM, has made recommendations for the us
It is not uncommon for strangles infections to recur on a farm, and until recent years there have been misconceptions about how this
The National Animal Health Monitoring Systems (NAHMS), a program within the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, conducts various animal health studies. NAHMS conducted specific studies of equine health and management during 1998 and
Since West Nile virus emerged in the United States in 1999, more than 24,671 horses have been infected.
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