Since ALEXANDER (1) reported the development of polyvalent mouse neu· rotropic horse-sickness vaccine, it has been widely used for many years in Africa and Asia. Vaccine prepared from 6 or 7 different African types of horse-sickness virus have been used in the Middle East and Asia since 1960. These vaccines provided protection for equines against the local strains, serologically resembling type...

This study describes an epizootic of respiratory tract disease caused by influenza virus infection in a large population of equines in Luxor and Aswan, Upper Egypt, during the winter of 2000. The epizootic started in January and the infection rate reached its peak in February before gradually decreasing until the end of April, 2000. Horses, donkeys and mules of all ages and both sexes were affe...

Dental problems in equines can cause emaciation, colic, and poor performance. Types of dental disease equine populations have been reported worldwide veterinary medicine; however, few detailed investigations Thailand published. Thus, this study aimed to determine the prevalence Thailand. Standard oral cavity examinations were performed on 244 (232 horses 12 donkeys) ranging age from 2–21 years ...

S. D. Thakur*, R. K. Vaid, A. K. Panda and Yogesh Saini Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, 120 Veterinary Road, Saskatoon, SK, Canada Veterinary Type Cultures Collection, National Research Centre on Equines, Sirsa Road, Hisar 125 001, India Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK, HPKVV, Palampur, Kangra 176 062, India 7129 Thurston Bowle...

Ocular setariasis is a common vision threatening ophthalmic condition in equine resulting from ectopic parasitism by Setaria digitata, equina and Thelazia lacrymalis. The disease occurs mostly summer autumn seasons it displays signs of lacrimation, photophobia, corneal opacity, conjunctivitis loss vision. Close inspection the eye reveals moving worm anterior chamber eye. B-mode ultrasonography ...