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Equine EPM is caused by the parasites that exhibit SAG1, SAG5, and SAG6. SAG1 and SAG5 are responsible for the majority of EPM cases in horses. Horses produce antibodies to these surface antigens. Serum antibody testing is available that measures levels of these antibodies in the blood of horses, which is helpful in diagnosing EPM in an ataxic ...
Neospora hughesi is an obligate protozoan apicomplexan parasite that causes myelitis and equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) in horses, and has only been documented in North America. [1] EPM is a neurological disease from lesions in the spinal cord, brain stem, or brain from parasites such as N. hughesi or Sarcocystis neurona. [2]
Early clinical signs of EPM include stumbling and frequent interference, which can often be mistaken for lameness of thoracic and/or pelvic limbs in horses. In horses, the disease often progresses gradually and includes clinical signs such as ataxia. In some horses mild clinical signs may herald a rapidly progressive disease course.
A judge has asked federal land managers to explain why they should be allowed to continue capturing more than 2,500 wild horses in northeastern Nevada — a roundup opponents say is illegal and ...
Ponazuril (), sold by Merial, Inc., [1] now part of Boehringer Ingelheim, [2] under the trade name Marquis (15% w/w ponazuril), is a drug currently approved for the treatment of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) in horses, caused by coccidia Sarcocystis neurona.
Experts also encourage horse owners to ensure their animals are up-to-date on vaccinations to protect them from mosquito-borne viruses, such as eastern equine encephalitis (EEE).
Wild horses were shot as part of the campaign in NSW to eradicate cattle tick, [91] [92] the most serious external parasite of Australian cattle. [93] [94] NSW was declared free of cattle ticks. [95] Horses can also carry brucellosis [96] and thousands were mustered in the far north in the 1980s under the Brucellosis-Tuberculosis eradication ...
The rodeo community is devastated after dozens of horses died at the Elk City, Oklahoma ranch. The company is still caring for 140 horses and calves. Oklahoma's Beutler and Son Rodeo Company loses ...