The aim of this report is to describe the features and clinical findings in a series of equine mortalities occurred in a Thoroughbred and Quarter Mile horse breeding farm located in Canuelas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ...

Neospora caninum and N. hughesi are apicomplexan parasitesaffecting several animal species worldwide. Horses have beenreported as intermediate hosts of these protozoans. Neosporacaninum is an important cause of bovine ...

In the current study, mycotoxicoses of ruminants and horses are reviewed, with an emphasis on the occurrence of these diseases in South America. The main mycotoxicoses observed in grazing cattle include intoxications by ...

Solanum glaucophyllum, a toxic plant known for its calcinogenic effects, causes enzootic calcinosis in ruminant and monogastric animals. We describe an outbreak of enzootic calcinosis that occurred in a herd of 110 horses ...

Gas gangrene occurs in several animal species and is caused by one or more clostridial species. In horses, the disease is most often caused by Clostridium perfringens type A. Although Clostridium sordellii has been associated ...

La muerte de equinos con cuadros clínicos de cólico es frecuente, especialmente en animales estabulados y con fines deportivos. Sin embargo, al ser muy bajo el porcentaje de animales que son necropsiados y muestreados, la ...