What essential protocols do veterinarians need to follow to prevent iatrogenic transmission of equine infectious anemia (EIA) and equine piroplasmosis (EP)?
Equine infectious anemia (EIA) and equine piroplasmosis (EP) are not the same diseases most practitioners learned about in veterinary school. Over the past decade the epidemiology of both has shifted. EIA cases, once around 40 per year in the U.S., now routinely exceed 100 annually. Understanding where these diseases are occurring and in which horses is the first…
