Recent News for Reproductive Problems
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Testicular Descent
April 01, 1999
A discussion of cryptorchidism in young stallions is fraught with controversy. Everyone agrees on what constitutes cryptorchidism, but that sometimes is as far as agreement goes. We know that the condition involves the retention of one or both... Read More
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Endometritis Classifications and Treatment
April 01, 1999
Many mares which cycle, but fail to conceive, have infections in their reproductive tracts. Hence, they are sometimes called "dirty" mares. The more scientific term for their problem is endometritis, which refers to the acute or chronic... Read More
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Vaccinations for Horses
April 01, 1999
Vaccines have been true godsends the world over. Diseases that once laid waste to large segments of the human population now are held in check by vaccines. One of those killing diseases, smallpox, has been eradicated. Much the same has happened... Read More
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A New Vaccine For Equine Herpesvirus On The Horizon
February 12, 1999
Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) is the major cause worldwide of epidemic abortion in mares, along with neonatal deaths in foals, and also cause respiratory illness and nervous system disease. This virus, along with the closely... Read More
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EVA--Equine Viral Arteritis
February 01, 1999
Imagine the following telephone conversation. "Yes, I'd like to order some disease, please." "Yes, ma'am. We can get some disease right out to you. When do you want your disease delivered?" "The sooner, the better!"... Read More
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AAEP Convention 1998 Wrap-Up
February 01, 1999
Wonder where your veterinarian was the first week in December? If he or she is at the top of the game as an equine practitioner, you probably could find him or her enjoying the weather in Baltimore, Md., site of the 44th American Association of... Read More
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Horse Owners Plead Guilty To USDA Import Violations
February 01, 1999
The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that horse facility owners Emil and Anna Jung of Gehlenberg-Friesoythe, Germany, have pled guilty to three counts each of false statements and mail fraud. In May of 1998, the Jungs were... Read More
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USDA Plans To Relieve Georgia Horse Import Restrictions
September 18, 1998
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed today that Georgia is approved to receive certain mares and stallions imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious equine metritis, a serious venereal... Read More
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Equine Respiratory Disease Part 2: The Lower Airway
August 01, 1998
The lower airway consists of the lungs and the air tubing (bronchi) that supplies them. The lungs have some very interesting and unique protective mechanisms that put forth a great effort to prevent infection. Obviously, the air... Read More
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Infectious Diseases in Horses
June 01, 1998
Viral infections of the equine respiratory tract are a veterinary challenge. They occur frequently and result in major economic loss to the horse industry. Currently available vaccines are not completely effective in controlling respiratory... Read More
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Choices
April 01, 1998
Do we have an obligation to our industry? Does our industry have an obligation to us? (Sounds a little Kennedyesque.) If your neighbor has a horse with strangles, would you expect him or her to tell you so you can protect your horses? If you had... Read More
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CEM Found In Kentucky Nurse Mare
March 27, 1998
The nurse mare (Miss VQ) which was leased to a Thoroughbred farm in Kentucky and found culture positive for the CEM-like organism, has implicated two non-registered stallions (Hammer and Coal Digger) as the potential source of her infection... Read More
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CEM Update 3/20/98
March 20, 1998
The nurse mare (Miss VQ) which was leased to a Thoroughbred farm in Kentucky and found culture positive for the CEM-like organism has implicated two non-registered stallions (Hammer and Coal Digger) as the potential source of her... Read More
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Contagious Disease: Care Not Fear
March 01, 1998
It never seems quite fair when "something" happens that doesn't directly involve you, but ends up affecting you. Vesicular stomatitis did that to many horse people in the last two years. Restrictions on movement of horses caused problems for... Read More
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Contagious Equine Metritis
March 01, 1998
There are at least 25 countries in the world where contagious equine metritis (CEM) exists, or has been known to exist sometime in the past,in the native equid population (meaning horses, mules, donkeys, etc.). These countries include... Read More
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CEM Update From the USDA
February 20, 1998
Original Isolation (California) on Nov. 24, 1997, bacterial cultures were obtained from a mammoth donkey jack located in Sacramento County, Calif., in preparation to qualify his semen for export. Specimens were submitted to... Read More
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CEM Epidemiological Survey and Action (California)
February 20, 1998
The contagious equine metritis (CEM)-affectedjack in California is approximately 11 yearsold and has been owned by the same individual for 10 years since purchased at a local mule event. From purchase until... Read More
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Independent Secondary Isolation of CEM in Kentucky
February 20, 1998
In a separate and unrelated incident, a second contagious equine metritis (CEM)-like organism was recovered from a jack in Kentucky which has no known association or relation to the California jack. Two Standardbred mares... Read More
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Kentucky CEM Update
February 20, 1998
As of Feb. 18, three more horses had tested positive for a "CEM-like" organism in Kentucky. A Paint stallion and two pregnant mares were cultured positive for the organism on the original nurse mare farm in Kentucky where the organism that cause... Read More
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USDA Relieves Oklahoma Horse Import Restrictions
February 20, 1998
The USDA has added Oklahoma to the list of states approved to receive certain mares and stallions imported into the United States from regions affected with contagious equine metritis, a serious venereal disease of... Read More
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Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Manager's Club: Keeping Mares and Foals Healthy
February 17, 1998
The middle of foaling season was an appropriate time for farm managers in Central Kentucky to brush up on some of the finer points of keeping foals and mares healthy. Veterinarian Karen Wolfsdorf of Hagyard, Davidson, & McGee,... Read More
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CEM: Breeding Farm Precautions
February 17, 1998
The problem of contagious equine metritis (CEM) has not gone away. In fact, it has become more confusing as the weeks have progressed since a "CEM-like organism" was found in a Mammoth donkey jack in California in December 1997. In a separate an... Read More
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Sub-Fertile Mares
February 01, 1998
A broodmare which fails to conceive or carry a foal to term can be an emotional and financial liability. For the backyard breeder, the liability might be primarily emotional, when that special mare you wanted to produce your next trail horse or... Read More
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Newborn Knowledge
January 01, 1998
Final preparations will need to be made so that the newborn foal gets the best chance at life.... Read More
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Equine Herpes Virus
September 01, 1997
The first thought that comes to most people when the word "herpes" is mentioned is one of those nagging pain-in-the-neck cold sores, one type of which is caused by a herpes virus, and the venereal disease "herpes simplex." The word "herpes"... Read More
