OFFICIALS RELEASE MORE DETAILS ON TEXAS EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS

A ranch in Kleberg County, Texas, is under quarantine after a 7-year-old Quarter Horse mare became ill and tested positive for equine piroplasmosis earlier this month. An additional 31 horses on the ranch have also tested positive. An Oct. 20 report issued to the World Organization for Animal Health by John Clifford, DVM, deputy administrator of the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, gives new details on the situation.Continue reading…