New EPM Research Sheds Light on Spread of Causative Parasite

by: Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
After years of studying equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), a serious neurological disease in horses, scientists have mapped the first steps in the migratory path of Sarcocystis neurona--the chief parasitic cause of EPM. "Before now, it was unclear how the parasite gained entry to the horse's central nervous system to cause disease," explained ...