1. EQUINE PROTOZOAL MYELOENCEPHALITIS EPM Ashleigh Brossart advanced animal vet science Instructor: Randal cale Rugby high 12-01-01

2. EPM EPM IS A SERIOUS AND OFTEN FATAL NEUROLOGIC DISEASE OF HORSES

3. EPM ( CAUSE) EPM IS CAUSED BY A PARASITE CALLED SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA

4. EPM ( CLINICAL SIGNS) INCOORDINATION GAIT ABNORMALTIES HEAD TILT FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS DIFFICUTLY SWALLOWING LOSS OF SENSATION ALONG THE FACE, NECK AND BODY

5. EPM (CLINICAL SIGNS CONT.) WEAKNESS LAMENESS WEIGHT LOSS BLINDNESS SEIZURES

6. 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

7. 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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