COMMON HORSE INFECTIONS
| Equine Disease |
Symptoms |
| Tetanus (lockjaw) |
Elevated third eyelid and stiff neck, progressing to overall muscle stiffness causing a 'sawhorse' stance. |
| Encephalomyelitis (sleeping sickness) |
Depression and a high fever, followed by a period when the horse appears blind, nervous and uncoordinated, which progresses to muscle tremors, yawning, and eventually, complete paralysis. |
| Influenza |
Dry, hacking cough, sudden onset of fever, watery nasal discharge, weakness, stiffness, loss of appetite and depression. |
| Herpesvirus |
Respiratory disease (fever, cough, nasal discharge), reproductive problems (abortion, stillbirth), and neurological problems (hindlimb weakness, difficulty walking, sometimes paralysis). |
| West Nile Virus |
Fever, weakness or paralysis of the hind limbs, impaired vision, lack of coordination, head pressing, convulsions, inability to swallow, and coma. |
| Strangles (shipping fever) |
Fever, thick, yellow, nasal discharge and swollen, abscessed lymph nodes under the jaws. |
| Potomac Horse Fever |
High fever, depression, decreased gut sounds, and a profuse, watery diarrhea that can lead to laminitis, colic, dehydration, shock, and death. |
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