Understanding Influenza

by: Kimberly S. Brown, Editor
What is flu? "It's a hit-and-run disease," said Tom Chambers, PhD, who heads The OIE international influenza reference laboratory at the University of Kentucky's Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington. "When it hits, it causes big problems, but then it disappears again." Many horse owners are concerned about equine influenza following announcement of an outbreak in Japan. The Japa ...