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Equine Diseases. Infectious Diseases Broadly categorized as Parasitic Bacterial Viral Non-infectious diseases Environmental Nutritional genetic. Respiratory Diseases. Caused by bacterial or viral agents, anatomical problems, allergic responses, or combination Sinusitis
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Infectious Diseases • Broadly categorized as • Parasitic • Bacterial • Viral • Non-infectious diseases • Environmental • Nutritional • genetic
Respiratory Diseases • Caused by bacterial or viral agents, anatomical problems, allergic responses, or combination • Sinusitis • Sinuses become inflamed • Rarely contagious • Palate Elongation
Respiratory Diseases • Bleeders • Pulmonary hemorrhage • Seen frequently in racehorses • Choking or difficulty obtaining air • Heaves • Allergic equine respiratory diseases • Rhinopnemonitis • Herpesvirus • Especially in foals
Respiratory Diseases • Influenza • Pinkeye • Strangles • Pleuropneumonia • Abcess pneumonia
Digestive Diseases • Choke • Colic • Abdominal Pain • Stops eating and drinking • Potomac Horse Fever • Caused by bacterium, Ehrlica risticii • Antibiotics are effective
Other Common Diseases • Tetanus • Lockjaw • Due to suffocation • Starvation • Dehydration • Botulism • Sleeping Sickness • Vesicular Stomatitis