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EQUINE PROTOZOALMYELOENCEPHALITIS
EPMAshleigh Brossart
advanced animal vet scienceInstructor: Randal cale
Rugby high12-01-01
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EPM
• EPM IS A SERIOUS AND OFTEN FATAL NEUROLOGIC DISEASE OF HORSES
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EPM(CAUSE)
• EPM IS CAUSED BY A PARASITE CALLED SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA
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EPM(CLINICAL SIGNS)
• INCOORDINATION• GAIT ABNORMALTIES• HEAD TILT• FACIAL NERVE
PARALYSIS• DIFFICUTLY
SWALLOWING• LOSS OF SENSATION
ALONG THE FACE, NECK AND BODY
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EPM(CLINICAL SIGNS CONT.)
• WEAKNESS• LAMENESS• WEIGHT LOSS• BLINDNESS• SEIZURES
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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
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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
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EPMBIBLOGROPHY
• WEBSITE: WWW. IOWASTATEUNIVERSITY.COM
• WEBSITE: WWW.EPM.ORG
• WEBSITE: WWW.ABOUT.COM