UC Davis Offers EPM Assistance
…patients may be suffering from the debilitating neurologic disease. Credit: UC Davis EPM is a neurologic disease. Diagnosing equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) can be a challenge, involving a detailed history,…
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Can an EPM Horse Be Ridden Again?
…gradually, while others have a much faster progression. Classically, EPM clinical signs are asymmetrical ataxia (incoordination affecting one side more than the other) with muscle atrophy. Early signs of EPM…
EPM Vaccine Controversy
The FDA gave Fort Dodge a conditional license for its EPM vaccine based on the company’s initial laboratory work. This means the vaccine’s use is limited to veterinarians and only…
EPM Is Rare, But Tricky
…slow improvement over months while others stagnate at a particular level of recovery. See PDF of Dr. Eldredge’s horse after EPM treatment. BOTTOM LINE. Can you prevent EPM? That’s easier…
Bayer HealthCare and EQUUS Magazine Host Webinar on EPM
So your horse has just been diagnosed with Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM). What next? Credit: Thinkstock Join Bayer HealthCare and EQUUS Magazine at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, October…
Merck EPM Round Table | 2015 AAEP Convention
We invite you to sit in while a panel of experts discusses EPM in a closed setting during the 2015 AAEP Convention. This EPM Round Table was designed to bring…
Reduce EPM Exposure
You know opossums can pass equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) to your horse (see the May 2004 issue of Horse & Rider, “A Lucky Stumble”) But there are other animals that…
Webinar: EPM from a Clinician’s Perspective
EPM can be a difficult disease to definitively diagnose and can be confused with other diseases or health problems unrelated to infectious disease such as lameness. As such, it is…
A Surprising Case of EPM
Dr. Deb Eldredge?s article on EPM? (April 2012) really brought back memories. We had our horse at the barn where we bought him. Eventually, once I learned more about horses,…
Say Yes To Drugs
…EPM. Immune Support Although stress (e.g., shipping) and immunosuppression (corticosteroid drugs) increase susceptibility to experimental EPM infection, most horses exposed to EPM don’t develop the disease. Why isn’t clear. Several…