Equine viral arteritis (EVA) is a contagious viral infection that affects horses and can have a particularly devastating effect on broodmares and stallions.
Agent
Virus
Route
Respiratory, venereal
Symptoms
- Fever
- Swelling of the limbs
- Anorexia or lack of appetite
- Depression
- Swelling of the external genitalia in the male or of the mammary glands in the mare
- Conjunctivitis
- Nasal discharge
- Skin rash (which may be localized around the head or the neck or may be generalized)
- Abortion in pregnant mares
- Severe pneumonia and sometimes death in very young foals
Treatment
No specific treatment of EVA
Prevention
Vaccination, testing breeding stallions as semen can spread disease
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