The Texas Animal Health Commission has confirmed the first case of anthrax in Texas for 2012. The bacterial disease has been detected in an adult white-tailed male deer near the city of Uvalde in Uvalde County. At this time no domestic livestock are invol
One of the most devastating equine diseases is laminitis. With myriad causes, no fully reliable treatment and often a dismal prognosis in severe cases, laminitis is a dreaded diagnosis. A new collection of research published by the Equine Veterinary Journ
The Crusade Against Equine Colic has designated June as Equine Colic Awareness Month. it is the Crusade's goal to save as many horses as possible from deadly and debilitating bouts of equine colic through educating you â the horse men and women
Pfizer Animal health has given $120,000 for a fellowship fund dedicated to research studies of inflammation, infectious disease and immunology in horses and other animals.
 The Colorado Department of Agriculture has released the quarantine placed on a Douglas County premises after a case of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) was confirmed at the location.
With funding provided by the Morris Animal Foundation, UC Davis Center for Equine Health and Merial, research into Hoof Wall Separation Syndrome in Connemara Ponies has been undertaken by Dr. Carrie Finno, Carly Stevens, and Dr. Danika Bannasch.
An equestrian event in northwest Florida has been canceled after an outbreak of pigeon fever was reported in late May in surrounding counties. What was once considered a disease of California horses, pigeon fever is now a growing problem throughout the Un
Veterinarians from Idaho Equine Hospital, including Dr. William Maupin and Dr. Stuart Shoemaker, performed the first-ever combination regenerative medicine treatment on a six-year-old Quarter Reined Cow horse that suffered a significant injury to its dist
Dr. Leroy Coggins, OSU College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 1957, was recently honored at the 48th Annual Conference of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) Meeting, which was held in Minneapolis, Minn. The AAVLD Vir
Eleven premises are now under quarantine for Vesicular Stomatitis (VS) in New Mexico. The counties of Otero, Valencia, Socorro and San Miguel have confirmed positive VS cases. The counties of Dona Ana and Roosevelt have also had suspect cases. The counti