“How do I know for sure my horse really has EPM?” It’s the number one question Dr. Steve Reed from @roodandriddle hears about equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. Because so many horses carry antibodies, a blood test alone can’t confirm disease. True diagnosis depends on seeing the big three signs—ataxia, asymmetry, and atrophy—and comparing antibody levels in blood and spinal fluid. That’s why a spinal tap remains the gold standard for accuracy. #EPM #EPMhorse #EPMtreatment #horsehealth | TheHor

Meet Saffron a 3 year old quarter horse gelding. Who was diagnosed with…. EPM a terrible disease….. Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM). While the definitive host (the animal that harbors the parasite in its adult, sexually reproductive stage) is not yet identified, it is thought that horses become infected by ingesting sporulated oocysts from the feces of the definitive host such as an opossum, raccoon, coyotes, rats, dogs, cats and who knows what else. It causes neurological signs in hors

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