There has been much debate about the safety of rawhide chews. Providing good, safe, hard chews has several benefits: Besides preventing boredom and unwanted chewing of furniture, they prevent tartar build-up bad breath, gum infections and periodontal diseases that can later lead to heart and kidney infections. Generally the compressed rawhides are safer than the [...]
EHM Outbreak Advice
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Pet Care
Pfizer Animal Health Encourages Veterinarian Advice in the Wake of EHM Outbreaks Media Contact: Rebecca Pitcher Equine Resources International, LLC 610-444-7554 Rebecca@equineresources.com Madison, NJ (May 19, 2011) The neurological disease Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalophy (EHM) caused by Equine Herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) has been in the news recently, with horses and farms affected across the United [...]
Equine Herpesvirus Situation Report
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Pet Care
Background: Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) infection in horses can cause respiratory disease, abortion in mares, neonatal foal death, and/or neurologic disease. The neurologic form of EHV-1 is called Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM). While EHV-1 and EHM are only officially listed as reportable diseases in some states, private veterinary practitioners are encouraged to notify their State Animal [...]
