Less invasive muzzle swabs effective at identifying EHV-1 cases in horses – study
Study team explored sampling options to identify a reliable and logistically more feasible protocol during a large equine herpesvirus-1 outbreak.
Read moreArticles on equine biosecurity issues around the world including equine influenza and other viruses and diseases.
Study team explored sampling options to identify a reliable and logistically more feasible protocol during a large equine herpesvirus-1 outbreak.
Read moreThe EI outbreak has claimed the lives of 129 horses to date, and officials at the BLM holding facility in Colorado say the results of culture and microscopic examination indicate a multifactorial respiratory disease complex.
Read more“The facility currently holds 2500 horses … in close quarters — if they were not penned, it is entirely possible that the pathogen would’ve not spread nearly as quickly.”
Read moreThe outbreak at the BLM’s Wild Horse Corrals in Cañon City, Colorado, began on April 23, and the toll continues to rise.
Read moreProposed rules outline the obligations of industry participants around property registration, microchip use for certain sectors, movement records and data management.
Read moreThe second of the FEI’s three-part report into the 2021 outbreak of the neurological form of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) in mainland Europe looks at Return To Competition protocols and the EHV-1 By-Laws and sanctioning system incorporated into the FEI Veterinary Regulations.
Read moreFor Colorado State University student Caroline Wollman, the threat of equine herpes virus type 1 got personal when her horse Cody was infected last year.
Read moreCauses of horse abortions internationally are examined in a just-published scoping review in Australia.
Read moreThe new VSS app uses artificial intelligence to pick up any flags on disease trends or syndromes that might go with a disease.
Read more“Covid-19 has underscored the devastating, long-lasting societal and economic consequences of emerging infectious diseases.”
Read moreResearchers find the virus can replicate in the respiratory tract, with horses developing antibodies after exposure.
Read moreNine deaths were reported, as well as abortions. The authors want more extensive seroprevalence studies on EHV-4 in the country.
Read moreBritain’s National Equine Forum has celebrated its 30th birthday, and this year looked at grave threats to sustainability within the equestrian sector, from workforce challenges to growing resistance to de-wormers.
Read moreThailand’s 2020 outbreak was worryingly close to China’s southern borders, the researchers noted.
Read moreThe mosquito-borne virus can infect horses, pigs, and humans, and has been confirmed in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia.
Read moreEHV-1 was found in tissue samples taken from all 43 aborted fetuses, researchers report.
Read moreThe first of a three-part report into last year’s EHV-1 outbreak in Europe evaluates what was done correctly and identifies where there were failings, and lessons learned.
Read moreHorses are susceptible to subclinical infections, scientists in California report following analysis of samples from more than 1200 horses.
Read moreResearchers say more active surveillance will be required to keep watch on the virus, which can infect horses and humans.
Read moreThe virus is closely related to far more dangerous insect-borne viruses such as African horse sickness and blue tongue.
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