Day: August 27, 2008

VALACYCLOVIR DOSAGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EHV RELEASED

Oklahoma researchers interested in limiting equine herpesvirus (EHV) disease outbreaks have established specific dosing recommendations for the antiviral agent valacyclovir. The drug appears to be effective in preventing or minimizing clinical signs of the disease, but this success will be expensive for its users. Continue reading…

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HORSE ON CONTACT PREMISES POSITIVE FOR PIROPLASMOSIS

According to an Aug. 25 statement from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, a horse on a second property has tested positive for equine piroplasmosis. Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced Aug. 15 that a horse in Manatee County, Fla., had been diagnosed with equine piroplasmosis, an animal disease that the U.S. has been considered free of since 1988.Continue reading…

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HORSES AND HUMAN DIE IN HENDRA OUTBREAK; GOVERNMENT COMES UNDER FIRE

There have been calls for an inquiry about the recent Hendra outbreak in Australia that has resulted in the death of five horses and one human. Veterinarian Ben Cunneen, BVSc, who was 33 years old, died Wednesday, Aug. 20. He had contracted Hendra virus from a horse hospitalized at the Redlands Veterinary Clinic on the outskirts of the city of Brisbane in the state of Queensland. Continue reading…

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