Background: Equine pastern vasculitis is an uncommon disorder in horses. Underlying causes are difficult to assess, especially bacterial infections. Clinical summary: A 13-year-old French saddle gelding horse presented for evaluation of a six weeks history of pastern dermatitis. Histopathological...

Objective: To describe the bactericidal and fungicidal properties of a 0.0005% chlorhexidine (CHD) solution potentiated with EDTA-Tris buffers (CHD-EDTA-Tris) and evaluate the safety of 0.0005% CHD-EDTA-Tris in the upper respiratory tract (URT) of normal horses. Study Design: Clinical, prospective...

This issue contains 120 papers from the 11th International Equine Infectious Diseases Conference. Topics of papers focused on the viral, bacterial, and parasites affecting horses. Some of the diseases that were given emphasis inlcludes strangles, equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy, influenza,...

Objectives: To identify the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) distribution for commonly used topical antibiotics from isolates of dogs and horses with ulcerative bacterial keratitis, and to investigate changes in MIC values over time and following treatment with topical fluoroquinolones....

OBJECTIVE To evaluate histologic changes and gene expression patterns in body and limb wounds in horses in response to bacterial inoculation. SAMPLE Wound biopsy specimens from 6 horses collected on days 7, 14, 21, and 27 after excisional wounds (20 wounds/horse) were created over the metacarpal...

Bovine diarrhoea is a multifactorial disease involving infectious and non-infectious factors. Various pathogens of bacterial origin are responsible for the diarrhoea in cattle. Gram-negative bacteria are considered as the most common etiological agents isolated from clinical cases of diarrhea....

Venereal diseases caused by bacteria are important to the equine industry due to economic losses caused by decline of conception rate in breeding horses. Therefore, identification of infected animals as well as the implementation of appropriate managerial procedures based on accurate diagnosis is...

Background: Distal limb wounds in horses often show aberrant healing due to a slow inflammatory response. In human medicine, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is used for the treatment of chronic wounds with a similar inflammatory response. Objectives: To compare the effect of NPWT to calcium...

This report presents a case of uterine prolapse in a Thoroughbred mare. The uterine prolapse occurred after abortion of twins in the eighth month of gestation. The prolapsed uterus was bleeding and congested but not damaged. The placenta was still attached to the endometrium. Blood samples were...

Purpose: To describe bacterial isolates and associated antibiotic resistance from horses with ulcerative keratitis in Belgium. Methods: Medical records from horses with ulcerative keratitis presented to the ophthalmology service of the Veterinary teaching hospital of Liege, Belgium, between 2014...