EQUINE HERPESVIRUS-1: MINIMIZING COSTS, DISPELLING MYTHS

Equine herpesvirus-1 disease is “one of the costliest equine diseases worldwide,” said Rebecca McConnico, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, associate professor of veterinary medicine at Louisiana State University. She and Paul Lunn, BVSc, MS, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, professor of equine medicine at Colorado State University, presented a discussion of controversial issues and myths surrounding the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus-1 (also called equine herpesvirus-1 myeloencephalitis, or EHM). Continue reading…