Streptococcus equi equi is the causative agent of the common equine disease "strangles". Strangles is a contagious disease which is usually characterized by the sudden onset of high fever, starting 3 to 14 days after exposure. The fever is followed by abscess formation in the lymph nodes of the...

Mycoplasma felis causes conjunctivitis in cats and respiratory diseases in horses. We report here the complete genome assembly of equine Mycoplasma felis strain Myco-2, which was isolated from an ill horse in Japan.

Here, we announce the draft genome sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii strain 161514, which was recovered from a horse with conjunctivitis, and determine the genetic basis of its antimicrobial resistance phenotype. The genome has a size of 3,839,365 bp and a G+C content of 38.93% and is predicted...

In tropical and subtropical climates, infection of periocular tissue by Habronema larvae is a recognised cause of conjunctivitis or blepharitis. To the authors' knowledge, only a few cases of habronemiasis have been described in Western Europe, and it has not been documented previously in the...

We report a case of an Argentine castrated male horse, about 8 years of age, which was attended by the outpatient clinic of the Medical-Surgical Clinic of Large Animals of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics of the University of Cordoba. The anamnesis indicates that the horse was in...

Listeria monocytogenes has been reported to cause various infectious diseases in both humans and animals. More rarely, ocular infections have been reported. To our knowledge, only two cases of Listeria keratitis have been described in horses. We report kerato-conjunctivitis in four Norwegian horses ...

The aim of determine the frequency of occurrence of ocular and periocular diseases that occur in horses dairy department of Cordoba, Colombia. 119 clinical cases of dairy horses of both sexes aged between 3 and 16 years old with ocular and periocular lesions characterized macroscopically were...

Background: Commensal bacterial and fungal flora of the conjunctival sac has been described in horses and other animals. The identification of commensal flora of the conjunctival sac may aid in the diagnosis of ocular inflammatory diseases, such as conjunctivitis or more severe ulcerative...

Equine ocular setariosis resulting in corneal opacity is commonly caused by Setaria digitata and S. equina. Infected animals usually exhibit of lacrimation, photophobia, corneal opacity, conjunctivitis and loss of vision. This paper describes ocular setariosis and its surgical management in a ...

The case study describes the search for the homeopathic remedy and course of therapy in a Lipizzaner gelding with unilateral, chronic follicular conjunctivitis. Initially a palliation is achieved with silicea and in the follow up, lycopodium proves to be the healing agent.