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Pages in category "Horse diseases" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Horses cannot pass the disease among themselves; that is, one horse cannot contract the disease from another infected horse. The horse is a dead-end, or aberrant, host of the parasite. Although all horses are believed to be susceptible to EPM the disease is usually found in younger horses typically around three to six years of age. [2]
In addition, most horse shows and events require a negative Coggins test. Most countries require a negative test result before allowing an imported horse into the country. Horse owners should verify that all the horses at a breeding farm and or boarding facility have a negative Coggins test before using the services of the facility.
This disease affects the external genitalia, and is caused by equine herpesvirus 3.This disease remains with the horse for all its life. Equine coital exanthema is believed to only be transmitted during the acute phase of the disease through serous fluid from the blisters during sexual intercourse, and via breeding tools, handlers, etc.
Myosin-heavy chain myopathy (MYHM) is a genetic muscle disease found primarily in the American Quarter Horse and crossbred horses with significant Quarter Horse bloodlines. It was added to the AQHA genetic testing panel in 2022. [1]
Equine influenza (horse flu) is the disease caused by strains of influenza A that are enzootic in horse species. Equine influenza occurs globally, previously caused by two main strains of virus: equine-1 ( H7N7 ) and equine-2 ( H3N8 ). [ 1 ]
First described in South Africa over a hundred years ago by Arnold Theiler, EEV is the causative agent of equine encephalosis (EE), an arthropod-borne disease transmitted by the Culicoides spp. midges affecting all equids. [2] Since then the disease has become both widespread and prevalent, taking on epidemic proportions in certain parts of the ...
The disease is particularly devastating because foals are born seemingly healthy after being carried to full term. [1] The disease has a similar cause to Hirschsprung's disease in humans. A mutation in the middle of the endothelin receptor type B (EDNRB) gene causes lethal white syndrome when homozygous.