EQUINE PROTOZOALMYELOENCEPHALITIS

EPMAshleigh Brossart

advanced animal vet scienceInstructor: Randal cale

Rugby high12-01-01

EPM

• EPM IS A SERIOUS AND OFTEN FATAL NEUROLOGIC DISEASE OF HORSES

EPM(CAUSE)

• EPM IS CAUSED BY A PARASITE CALLED SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA

EPM(CLINICAL SIGNS)

• INCOORDINATION• GAIT ABNORMALTIES• HEAD TILT• FACIAL NERVE

PARALYSIS• DIFFICUTLY

SWALLOWING• LOSS OF SENSATION

ALONG THE FACE, NECK AND BODY

EPM(CLINICAL SIGNS CONT.)

• WEAKNESS• LAMENESS• WEIGHT LOSS• BLINDNESS• SEIZURES

EPM(TRANSMISSION)

• EPM IS TRANSMITTED BY AN OPOSSUM’S FECES

• HORSES GET THIS BY EATING HAY, GRASS OR FEED OR DRINKING WATER THAT HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED

EPM(TREATMENTS)

• ANTI-PROTOZOAL DRUGS TO SURPRESS THE PARASITE

• ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES TO LIMIT INFLMMATION

• VITAMIN e TO REDUCE SWELLING • NO REAL CURES HAVE BEEN

FOUND FOR THIS DISEASE

EPMBIBLOGROPHY

• WEBSITE: WWW. IOWASTATEUNIVERSITY.COM

• WEBSITE: WWW.EPM.ORG

• WEBSITE: WWW.ABOUT.COM