HEAVES or COPD (RAO)
Heaves, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Recurrent Airway Obstruction, Equine Asthma Heaves is a common term used to describe allergic respiratory disease of mature to older horses. It is characterized …
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EQUINE PYTHIOSIS
(aka: bursatte, leeches, swamp cancer, kunker disease) Pythium insidiosum is the proper name for the organism that can be found in plants, birds and mammals during the environmental conditions …
EQUINE LYMPHOSARCOMA
(excerpts from Equine Disease Quarterly Newsletter – Dr. Alan Loynachan Univ of KY Lexington, KY) Lymphocytes are White Blood Cells (WBC) and play an important role in the immune …
EQUINE LYME DISEASE
Lyme disease in horses is caused by a bacteria in the spirochete family Borrelia burgdorferi. Transmission of this bacteria occurs through the bite of an infected black-legged deer tick. …
Equine Influenza
Equine Influenza (EIV) is a highly contagious respiratory disease in the horses. In the USA, the numbers of horses that have been diagnosed with EIV has increased in the …
Equine Coronavirus
Equine Coronavirus (ECoV) is and RNA virus that cause respiratory and enteric diseases. Currently, outbreaks of this virus has been reported in horses stabled in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, …
HOW CUSHING’S DISEASE AFFECTS IMMUNITY
(from Equus issue 457 October 2015 page 12) There is new research from Oklahoma State University suggests that horses with PPID/Cushing’s disease can be more susceptible to infection. “Neutrophils …
Colic
Horses cannot vomit nor can they belch. Consequently, whatever enters their mouth must travel through their digestive tract and exit from the rectum. Occasionally, this does not occur as …
Cold Weather Care For Your Horse
Horses can handle almost anything that the cold winter can dish out as long as they can get out of the wind! The long hairs of their coat can …
Equine Herpes Virus in Horses
(This information can be located and updated at the following web site www.AAEP.org) The Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) and the AAEP wish to update you regarding the neurologic form …