ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: my horse has epm

Re: my horse has epm

Ben Turner (bturner@ida.org)
Fri, 11 Jul 1997 18:30:06 GMT

On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:18:51 -0700, nevadaghostridr@webtv.net (L Eisele)
wrote:
-<snip>-
> I just got the results back from a epm test and it showed my horse
>was positive and I have to take him in for a spinal tap.

> Please, now that I'm done crying can anyone tell me how severe this
>disease is? Will that mean I can't ride my horse anymore, do endurance
>since he has gotten so stumbly, what is the treatment like and will it
>reverse the neurological damage done?

A significant www resource on EPM can be found at:
http://prevmed.vet.ohio-state.edu/epm/EPMHOME.html

Best,
Ben Turner
bturner@ida.org
(emailed and cc'd to ridecamp)

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