November, 2020 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Help Needed: Penn Vet Strangles Survey Explores Reporting Preferences

Horse owners and veterinarians are being asked to complete a short survey on strangles produced by Penn Vet's New Bolton Center.

Strangles became a nationally monitored disease in 2017; this means that each state can have varying rules and regulations on how or if strangles is reported. Some states require that veterinarians notify the state if they have a suspected strangles case (notifiable), while other states only receive confirmed laboratory results (monitoring only). Still other states require that the state veterinarian be notified; the state vet can then put official quarantines and biosecurity measures in place (actionable).

Since so many states operate in different manners, there is no comprehensive database to show the prevalence and distribution of strangles in the United States. Additionally, there is no consensus as to if the disease should be notifiable or actionable, partially because of how difficult it can be to determine if a horse is free from disease.

This study was created to determine if horse owners and veterinarians want equine strangles to be a notifiable and/or actionable disease. Penn Vet is asking for responses to the survey, even if people haven't seen the disease. The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Learn more and take the survey here.

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Webinar: How 100 Horses Are Helping Horses Everywhere

Morris Animal Foundation, a nonprofit leader in advancing animal health, will host a webinar about the Pioneer 100 Horse Initiative on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, at 1 p.m. EST. The initiative is a first-of-its kind project that will follow 100 horses over time to create a wellness program to prevent equine disease.

The webinar, “How 100 Horses Are Helping Horses Everywhere Have Healthier Lives,” features Dr. Carrie Finno, Associate Professor of Population Health and Reproduction at the University of California, Davis. She'll discuss how her team is collecting biological samples to correlate findings to disease development and drug metabolism as a gateway to applying precision medicine principles to horses. Webinar attendees will learn more about this unique and impactful project and its potential to proactively save horses' lives.

Interested viewers can register for the webinar here. The webinar also will be available for viewing via sign-up after the recording date. The webinar is part of the Foundation's educational series, “AnimalNEWS 101,” which provides monthly animal health lessons for pet owners and science enthusiasts from a wide range of experts.

Morris Animal Foundation, headquartered in Denver, is one of the largest nonprofit animal health research organizations in the world, funding more than $136 million in studies across a broad range of species.