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Estatus Sanitario De Neospora Caninum En Ganaderías Bovinas De Centros De Investigación De Agrosavia, Diana Maria Macias Ramirez

Medicina Veterinaria

Uno de los problemas más importantes que afecta la producción de ganado bovino es la presentación de bajos indicadores productivos debido a la presencia de fallas reproductivas que se manifiestan con infertilidad, abortos, nacimiento de crías débiles o muertas, reabsorciones embrionarias a causa de enfermedades infecciosas entre ellas, la neosporosis bovina. Agrosavia (Antes Corpoica) estableció el estatus sanitario de esta enfermedad en la población bovina de sus hatos para determinar indicadores epidemiológicos, hallando los posibles factores de riesgo que contribuyan a la presentación del agente etiológico, determinando su asociación y realizando algunas recomendaciones para reducirlos. Con el fin que los …

Protozoal Coinfection In Horses With Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis In The Eastern United States, Sarah Schale, Daniel Howe, Michelle Yeargan, Jennifer K. Morrow, Amy Graves, Amy L. Johnson

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

Background: Infection by 2 or more protozoa is linked with increased severity of disease in marine mammals with protozoan encephalitis.

Hypothesis/Objectives: To assess whether horses with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) caused by Sarcocystis neurona also have evidence of infection with Neospora hughesi or Toxoplasma gondii. We hypothesized that horses with EPM would be more likely than horses with cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy (CVSM) to be positive for antibodies to multiple protozoan parasites.

Animals: One hundred one horses with neurologic disease: 49 with EPM and 52 with CVSM.

Methods: Case review. Archived serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 101 horses …

Streptococcus Equi Infections In Horses: Guidelines For Treatment, Control, And Prevention Of Strangles—Revised Consensus Statement, A. G. Boyle, John F. Timoney, J. R. Newton, M. T. Hines, A. S. Waller, B. R. Buchanan

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

This consensus statement update reflects our current published knowledge and opinion about clinical signs, pathogenesis, epidemiology, treatment, complications, and control of strangles. This updated statement emphasizes varying presentations in the context of existing underlying immunity and carrier states of strangles in the transmission of disease. The statement redefines the “gold standard” for detection of possible infection and reviews the new technologies available in polymerase chain reaction diagnosis and serology and their use in outbreak control and prevention. We reiterate the importance of judicious use of antibiotics in horses with strangles. This updated consensus statement reviews current vaccine technology and the …