NZ horse exports to Aust almost back to normal after piroplasmosis case
“A lot of testing has been done on a hell of a lot of horses to prove we don’t have the disease here.”
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Piroplasmosis
Equine Piroplasmosis is a blood-borne protozoal disease that can affect all equines, but is not transmissible to humans.
It can be transmitted from a positive horse to a negative horse by blood transfer from dirty instruments or by tick vectors.
Austria records first “local” case of equine theileriosis
Measures should be taken to prevent further spread of the disease, the case report team said.
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Theileria equi case in NZ thoroughbred mare a “single, isolated case”
Exports from New Zealand resumed under an interim arrangement after 263 horses return negative tests for protozoan that causes piroplasmosis.
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NZ horse exports to Australia set to resume
Ongoing testing has found no other positive horses, amid growing optimism the result from the imported mare will prove to be an isolated case.
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All horses being tested at TB stud after piroplasmosis result
Thoroughbred mare who returned positive test earlier this month was imported under New Zealand protocols last year from France and had been at Cambridge Stud since February 2019.
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Horse in NZ tests positive for piroplasmosis, Australia halts imports
Broodmare had been imported from the EU last year, and has shown no signs of ill health.
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Ellagic acid shows early promise in treating piroplasmosis
The need for new antiprotozoal agents is becoming increasingly urgent, researchers say.
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New, more sensitive test developed to detect protozoan infections in animals
New molecular-based test is not only sensitive, but can target more Babesia species.
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Pathogen that causes equine piroplasmosis found in camels in Iran
Findings raise prospect of cross-species transmission through tick vectors.
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High levels of protozoan infection found in horses and donkeys in Egypt
Four methods used to detect equine piroplasmosis.
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Tick that can carry horse pathogen spreads in Netherlands and Belgium
Continued surveillance urged by researchers.
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Progress in bid to tame equine piroplasmosis
Large-scale testing of potential drug therapies now possible.
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Worrying levels of equine piroplasmosis infection found in Italian donkeys
Researchers say a surveillance programme is urgently needed.
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19 Texas horses positive for equine piroplasmosis
County-wide effort targeting blood-borne protozoal disease is under way.
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Texas County at high risk for equine piroplasmosis
State officials to test all equines in Kleberg County for the protozoan disease.
Read moreThe man who beat a dangerous horse disease
Don Knowles tackled a dangerous tick-borne disease, saving 100s of horses on a famous ranch.
Read moreHorses intercepted at US border had parasitic disease
Agents intercept 14 horses crossing the Rio Grande; 10 had equine piroplasmosis.
Read moreEquine Piroplasmosis in the news
News articles on Equine Piroplasmosis from 2011 and earlier.
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