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Outbreak Alerts: September 19, 2024 Potomac Horse Fever in Spokane County, WA

September 24, 2024 by Equine Disease Communication Center

Confirmed Case(s) – No Quarantine Source: State vet office Number Confirmed: 1Number Exposed: UnknownNumber Euthanized: 1Facility Type: Private FacilityComments: Referred to WSU vet clinic. Euthanized. Was at trail ride in ID 4 weeks previously. See past published Outbreak Alerts: https://nwhorsesource.com/category/news/alerts Equine Disease Communication CenterUpdates on current disease outbreaks are listed on our EDCC website as …

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Outbreak Alerts: November 15, 2022 Potomac Horse Fever in Clark County, WA

April 18, 2024November 15, 2022 by Equine Disease Communication Center

Confirmed Case(s) – No Quarantine Source: State vet office Number Confirmed: 1Number Exposed: UnknownFacility Type: Private FacilityComments: A horse in Clark County has tested positive for Potomac Horse Fever. For more information go to: Potomac Horse Fever factsheet. Equine Disease Communication CenterUpdates on current disease outbreaks are listed on our EDCC website as they occur …

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Weekend Wellness: The Role of the Hind Gut in Laminitis

July 16, 2022 by Eleanor M. Kellon, VMD

Photo: ECIR

A lot of attention has been directed to bacterial endotoxins, MMP enzyme activators, and fructan or starch fermentation as factors in laminitis, but how much are they really involved? With laminitis, it is usually hormones, not the hind gut. In the “horse broke into the feed bin” scenario, too much …

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