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• SpanishHorses.com - Equine Piroplasmosis The greatest risk for introduction of this disease into Canada or other non-endemic areas is through trading of animals or international equestrian sports, where infected and non-infected animals are in contact. Many disease free countries have the climate suitable for a foreign tick vector, or have ticks which could act as vectors. • About Potomac Horse Fever Commonly recognized PHF symptoms include diarrhea, depression, colic, anorexia, dehydration, and signs suggestive of laminitis or founder. However, the cases at Hagyard-Davidson-McGee have not exhibited the characteristic diarrhea. The horses had low white blood cell (WBC) counts, a little heat in their feet, and were depressed. • EasternDraftHorse.com - Lyme Disease in Horses Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by the spirochetal (corkscrew shaped) bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. It is most commonly transmitted by the bite of infected Ixodes spp ticks, commonly referred to as "deer ticks" or "black legged ticks". • Equine Protozoal Myelitis, a growing EPM is a neurological disease caused by a small single-celled protozoal parasite called Sarcocystis neurona. This organism does not spread from horse to horse. Horses are infected by eating feed or drinking water contaminated by infected opossum feces. • Equine Babesiosis (Piroplasmosis) Equine Babesiosis (piroplasmosis), a disease of equids in many regions of the world, is caused by the tick-borne hemoprotozoans Babesia equi and Babesia caballi. The central concern is the risk and consequences of entry of these parasites through international movement of horses into the USA, where equine piroplasmosis is limited to Florida. • UFSM.br - Equine Recurrent Uveitis Known as the leading cause of blindness in horses, equine recurrent uveitis (ERU) is characterized by several attacks of intra-ocular inflammation alternated with variable periods of clinical quiescence. Authors: Antonio Cezar de Oliveira Dearo, Mirian Siliane Batista de Souza. • PDF - Pigeon Fever in Utah Horses Pigeon Fever is infecting horses in several Utah locations and is expected to spread. The disease was first recognized in the Uintah Basin about the middle of June 2003 and appeared at several locations within a few days. • EquineVetService.com - Lyme Disease In the United States, Lyme disease is mostly localized to states in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and upper north-central regions, and to several counties in northwestern California. In 1999, 16,273 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). • Dodgeville Veterinary Service - EPM in Horses EPM is an infectious, degenerative protozoal disease of the central nervous system of the horse. The causative agent of EPM has been identified as Sarcocystis neurona. The disease is not transmitted from horse to horse. Rather, the protozoa are spread by the definitive host, opossums, which acquire the organism from infected birds. • Equine Piroplasmosis - An Exotic Threat Horses with disease may show mild non-specific signs such as depression and lack of appetite, while in severe disease there is elevated temperature and horses become anaemic due to destruction of the red blood cells. One of the problems is that horses can carry the parasite for many years without showing signs of the disease. First Prev [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ] Next Last |