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Equid alphaherpesvirus 3. Equine infectious anemia. Equine influenza. Equine melanoma. Equine multinodular pulmonary fibrosis. Equine polysaccharide storage myopathy. Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. Equine proximal enteritis. Equine recurrent uveitis.
Equine polysaccharide storage myopathy (EPSM, PSSM, EPSSM) is a hereditary glycogen storage disease of horses that causes exertional rhabdomyolysis.It is currently known to affect the following breeds American Quarter Horses, American Paint Horses, Warmbloods, Cobs, Dales Ponies, Thoroughbreds, Arabians, New Forest ponies, and a large number of Heavy horse breeds.
Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction ( PPID ), or equine Cushing's disease, is an endocrine disease affecting the pituitary gland of horses. It is most commonly seen in older animals, [1] and is classically associated with the formation of a long, wavy coat ( hirsutism) and chronic laminitis . Cushing's disease commonly causes hirsutism ...
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis in various stages. Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis ( EPM) is a disease that affects the central nervous system of horses. It is caused by a protozoal infection that is brought about by the apicomplexan parasites Sarcocystis neurona or Neospora hughesi. Most cases are caused by S. neurona.
Foal immunodeficiency syndrome (FIS), originally known as Fell pony syndrome, mainly affects two breeds of ponies: the Fell and Dales. FIS is a recessive genetic disease. Affected foals appear normal at birth, but become weak, and either die or are euthanized by three months of age due to persistent infections caused by immunodeficiency.
Equine infectious anemia. Equine infectious anemia or equine infectious anaemia ( EIA ), also known by horsemen as swamp fever, is a horse disease caused by a retrovirus ( Equine infectious anemia virus) and transmitted by bloodsucking insects. The virus ( EIAV) is endemic in the Americas, parts of Europe, the Middle and Far East, Russia, and ...
Covering sickness. Covering sickness, or dourine (French, from the Arabic darina, meaning mangy (said of a female camel), feminine of darin, meaning dirty), [1] is a disease of horses and other members of the family Equidae. The disease is caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum, which belongs to an important genus of parasitic protozoa. [2]
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.