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  • Equine Guelph Combats Horse Colic with Your Help

    Colic is the number one killer of horses (other than old age!) and Equine Guelph is launching a comprehensive colic survey across Canada to better understand colic management practices in the industry and how people are dealing with colic.

    Flossie Sellers - August 22, 2012 08:10

  • Horse Health Alert - Case of Equine Herpes Virus Reported

    According to a news release from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, a Standardbred racehorse residing in Genesee County, Mich., has tested positive for the neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), as confirmed by state veterinarian Steve Halstea

    Flossie Sellers - January 22, 2013 08:17

  • Two Wisconsin Horses Test Positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis

    State health officials in Wisconsin have confirmed that two horses in north central Wisconsin have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

    Flossie Sellers - August 22, 2012 09:15

  • Does Your Horse Have a Summer Cold or Summer Sores?

    Does your horse appear to have a summer cold or summer sores? If so, the cause may be a parasite infestation of either ascarids, also known as large roundworms, or stomach worms, also known as habronema.

    Flossie Sellers - August 22, 2012 10:04

  • Massachusetts Area Declared "Critical Risk" for EEE

    The Massachusetts Department of Health has classified Georgetown at a “critical risk” for eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare but serious viral disease. According to an announcement on the Georgetown website, a horse tested positive for EEE earl

    Flossie Sellers - August 24, 2012 10:21

  • Is It a Cold or Does My Horse Have Equine Rhinitis A?

    Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) infection of horses occurs worldwide and is recognized as a cause of acute respiratory disease with symptoms such as fever, nasal discharge, coughing and pharyngitis. These symptoms are very similar to those of the common co

    Flossie Sellers - January 23, 2013 14:10

  • Drought Increasing Risk of Pigeon Fever in Horses

    Agriculture officials in Arkansas and Louisiana have warned veterinarians to watch for signs of a potentially fatal horse disease, pigeon fever, because of drought conditions this year. Although the disease has nothing to do with pigeons, it is often

    Flossie Sellers - August 24, 2012 10:52

  • Research Continuing on Equine Respiratory Viruses and Performance

    The Frank Duncombe laboratory is calling all units!  A large-scale three-year European project, benefiting in particular from ERDF funding is currently underway to research equine respiratory viruses and their effects on performance.

    Flossie Sellers - January 23, 2013 15:18

  • More Human Cases of West Nile Virus, but Fewer in Horses

    West Nile virus is on the rise nationwide with more than 1,100 human cases reported as of Aug. 22, the highest at this point in the season since the virus was first detected in the United States in 1999. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and P

    Flossie Sellers - August 24, 2012 12:13

  • Zoonotic Diseases - Horses to Humans and Vice Versa

    Any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans and [no-glossary]vice-versa is classified as a zoonosis or zoonotic disease according to the Pan American Health Organization publication "Zoonoses and communicable

    Flossie Sellers - August 24, 2012 12:58

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