On the frontlines against EPM
…not enough to diagnose EPM. Even with antiprotozoal drugs, the recovery rate is about 65 percent. Clearly, more work is needed to combat EPM with a greater degree of success….
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EPM In Horses
Horse owners with EPM horses often have questions about alternative treatments, new diagnostic tests and the status of research into EPM. We asked Dr. David Granstrom, a pioneer of EPM…
EPM Is Becoming A Catch-All Diagnosis
…know as EPM — but we still have a long way to go in preventing it and effectively treating it. EPM, or equine protozoal encehalomyelitis, is a protozoal infection of…
Controlling EPM From The Inside Out
…stage of EPM treatment in these horses is rehabilitation. EPM horses have often been compensating for subtle deficits for many years, long before EPM was diagnosed. They learn ways of…
Battling EPM: Choose Your Weapons
…being fed the EPM organism developed more severe symptoms. This part of the report fit well with the idea that suppressed immune responses are involved in horses that contract EPM….
EPM: The Master of Disguise
…system, EPM is caused by a single-celled protozoal microorganism, most commonly Sarcocystis neurona (S. neurona), and is primarily transmitted by opossums through their feces. EPM is one of the most…
EPM Continues To Defy Logic
…to cause EPM. Work is continuing at Ohio State, under the direction of Dr. William Saville, on developing a method of administration of organisms that will predictably result in EPM….
Is An EPM Cure Realistic’
…still a viable option. (For additional information on EPM, see December 2002.) Also With This Article ”EPM Symptoms and Treatment” ”Prescription Drug Choices For EPM Treatment” ”Other EPM Drug Choices”…
A way to prevent EPM?
…have no data showing that the overall attack rate for EPM—the percentage of horses infected with S. neurona that develop EPM—in young performance horses receiving a preventive dose is lower…
A way to prevent EPM?
…have no data showing that the overall attack rate for EPM—the percentage of horses infected with S. neurona that develop EPM—in young performance horses receiving a preventive dose is lower…