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Important Health News
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| | If you own a horse and do not surf the web for horse disease prevention, then this article will be helpful to you. full story...
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Preliminary Test Results Confirm Link Between Eastern Tent Caterpillar and MRLS
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| | The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture has reported that, between December 30, 2001 and June 29, 2002, 823 equine abortions have been submitted for examination to the Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center (LDDC). Though well over the annual mean of 640.6 equine abortions that have occurred between 1996 and 2000, it is a sharp contrast to the 1,024 equine abortions of 2001 during the same period. Of the 823 submissions, 165 of them are suspected to be a result of Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS), the diagnosis assigned to the undetermined cause of early fetal losses, late term abortions, and stillbirths that overwhelmed the breeding farms of Kentucky. full story...
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West Nile Virus Findings Lower for 2002
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| | Despite the continued spread of the disease throughout the nation, Maryland has had only eighteen (18) birds test positive for West Nile Virus out of 450 birds tested to date. This is a significant drop from the 74 dead birds that had tested positive about this same time last year. Moreover, there have been no equine cases reported or tested. full story...
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New Studies Question Role of Eastern Tent Caterpillar in MRLS
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| | Released February 8, 2001, a new report from the University of Kentucky Department of Agriculture has raised some question regarding the connection between the Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS) witnessed last year in the devastating number of foal deaths, early fetal losses, and late-term abortions and the eastern tent caterpillar. full story...
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EPM: Still a Mystery
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| | One of the most disturbing and difficult diseases in the horse world, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) has confounded horse owners and veterinarians for years. Fortunately, recent research and medical advances have helped to fill in some of the gaps, but it is still a difficult disease to diagnose, treat, and prevent. full story...
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EEE Documented in the Region
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| | Two horses in Suffolk, Virginia, have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). This almost always-fatal illness is carried by mosquitoes. As with some other arboviral diseases, horses are a dead end host and can not infect other horses or humans. full story...
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West Nile Virus Cases Continue on the Rise
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| | As of August 28, 2001, the Maryland Arbovirus Surveillance Testing results reveal that 213 dead birds have tested positive for the West Nile virus out of nearly 1,000 that have been submitted. Of the positive findings, nine have been blue jays and the remaining number crows. full story...
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West Nile Virus Cases in Maryland Growing
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| | As of July 27, 2001, Maryland’s Arbovirus Surveillance Testing latest results show that eighty-one (81) of the 680 dead birds submitted for testing have been positive for the West Nile virus. According to The Washington Post, Maryland is leading the nation in reported cases of the disease, with over half of the country’s infected birds found in this state. Virginia and Washington, DC, have each had one dead bird test positive. full story...
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Protecting Your Horse from Sunburn
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| | Throughout the summer, we all hear the warnings about applying sunscreen to protect your skin from the damaging effects of the sun. But what about your horse? full story...
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What Can You Do About Bowed Tendons? (Part II)
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| | Alternative Treatments
There are various other means of treating bowed tendons, including some older methods such as pin firing or blistering. These procedures are designed to interfere with the old scar tissue and artificially improve and increase the circulation through this altered healing process. These efforts have proven to be of little success since they often cause more damage or other scars and adhesions. full story...
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Devastating Loss of Foals in Kentucky
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| | Most everyone has heard at least bits and pieces regarding the recent devastating loss of foals in Kentucky. Labelled as Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MRLS), scientists have been feverishly working to identify the causal agent that has left 529 foals dead, approximately 6% of this year’s foal crop gone, and an estimated 25% of next year’s lost. Based on the latest reports from Kentucky, the leading theory attributes the eastern tent caterpillar as the likely source for the multitude of late-term abortions, stillborn foals or sickly foals, and early fetal losses (EFL). full story...
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West Nile Virus Returns
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| | Two cases of West Nile virus have been reported this year. According to the Maryland West Nile Virus Surveillance, as of May 31, 2001, two dead crows, found in Baltimore City, have tested positive for the disease. In a press release from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH), the “lab has tested 177 birds and 1400 mosquito pools” since May 1 of this year. full story...
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What Can You Do About Bowed Tendons? (Part I)
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| | Common among racehorses, hunters, jumpers, and even Quarter horses, a bowed tendon can be a long-healing and sometimes permanent threat to the horse’s performance. full story...
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Scratches - Now YOU Can Treat It!
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| | Scratches, or what is also referred to as “Grease Heel,” is relatively common during the fall and winter. The snow and rain of these wet months expose the horse to a lot of moisture, which causes the skin to become chapped and raw, thereby making it susceptible to the bacteria that causes this disease. full story...
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What Can You Do About Rain Rot?
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| | Very common in the wetter months of fall and winter, “rain rot” or “rain scald” is a bacterial infection that manifests itself in the form of scab-like or crusty bumps that may run from the withers down the back and over the rump. In some instances, they may even be present on the legs and muzzle. full story...
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West Nile Virus Lingering
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| | The mosquito-borne West Nile virus continues to linger in the area, with the most recent discoveries of dead birds testing positive in Virginia and Washington, DC. One bird was discovered as late as November 1, bringing the total number of West Nile cases in Virginia and the nation’s capital each to five (5). full story...
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West Nile Numbers Continue to Grow
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| | According to the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the latest count of dead birds testing positive for West Nile virus is forty-six (46). full story...
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Presence of West Nile Virus Spreading
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| | The number of dead crows that have tested positive for West Nile virus has now reached twenty-one (21). full story...
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More West Nile Virus in Maryland
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| | An additional ten dead crows tested positive for the virus, bringing the total number of West Nile bird cases in Maryland up to thirteen. full story...
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West Nile Virus
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| | Maryland has had its first confirmed cases of West Nile virus this year. The first two dead crows, one of which was found in Relay (in Baltimore County), while the other was found in Columbia (in Howard County), have tested positive for the virus. full story...
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West Nile Virus
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| | According to the latest reports from the US Department of Agriculture, five horses have tested positive for the West Nile virus, with results having been confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. full story...
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West Nile Virus
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| | Since its first appearance in the United States last summer, the West Nile virus has been identified in birds found in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. full story...
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