Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and The Ohio State University (OSU) have found that the raccoon can serve as an intermediate host for Sarcocystis neurona, the single-celled protozoan ...

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis or EPM is an infection of the central nervous system with a protozoal parasite named Sarcocystis neurona. Infection causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Nov. 19 approved Navigator for treating equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). This drug has been under development for more than six years. IDEXX ...

Blacksburg, Va. -- Sharon Witonsky, associate professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the Pfizer ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Spring means vaccinations for horses against a number of potentially life-threatening diseases, one of which causes neurological damage and is often mistaken for other illnesses ...

This model results in consistent, significant clinical signs in all horses at approximately the same time period after inoculation but was most severe in horses that did not experience a second ...