07/21/2024
Potomac horse fever has fired up the last month in our area. Please do not rely on vaccine status. Historically, the cases that have been successfully treated have been only with the help of educated, diligent owners. If your horse is acting a little off, please take their temperature. If their temperature is 100.8 or above do not hesitate to call immediately. Do this before complete loss of appetite and before the onset of diarrhea. The cases getting early treatment have far better outcomes than those that delay. The disease has what is called a biphasic fever. This means there is a low grade fever one day, normal the next, then a really bad fever follows. I would rather treat and be wrong than to have them severely ill.
