Day: April 14, 2011

Learn about this horse disease and how to prevent it. The American Quarter Horse Journal — It is a disease that lurks in a horse’s blood, with tiny protozoa attacking red blood cells. Equine piroplasmosis is common in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, including parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, but is considered a foreign disease in the United States, and efforts are underway to keep it that way. Currently racetracks in 11 states require negative piroplasmosis tests before horses are allowed onto the backside. Beginning