Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Horses - Health Management and Biosecurity

Conditions

• Common Joint Diseases of Horses - Order No. 76-071
• Cryptorchidism in the Horse
• Gastric Ulcers in the Adult Horse
• Slobbers or Slaframine Poisoning in Horses
• Splints and Fractures of the Splint Bone in Horses - Order No. 89-093
• Sunburn, Photosensitivity or Contact Dematitis in Horses
• Wobbler Syndrome or Cervical Vertebral Stenotic Myelopathy

Diseases

• Botulism in Horses and Haylage
• Equine Infectious Anemia (Swamp Fever) - Order No. 10-083
• Equine Protozoal Myeloencephaliltis (EPM)
• Horses and Black Walnut Shavings
• Influenza in Horses
• Leptospirosis and Equine Recurrent Uveitis in Horses - Order No. 00-065
• Potomac Horse Fever
• Rhodococcus Equi Pneumonia of Foals - Order No. 90-056
• Strangles in Horses - Order No. 03-037
• Tetanus in Horses
• West Nile Virus

Disease Control and Biosecurity

• Biosecurity for Horse Owners – Information Sheet
• Deadstock Disposal
• Disease Control at Racetracks and Horse Events
• Equine Guelph Biosecurity
• Guidelines for the Vaccination of Horses
• Preventing Disease Spread - Personal Hygiene and Disinfectants around Horse Barns
• Horse Management Protocols - Biosecurity and Horse Health Committee
  • Protocol for the Management of Strangles in Horses
  • Protocol for the Management of West Nile Virus in Horses
• Rapid and Unexpected Death in Horses: Part A - Toxins
• Water Quality for Horses Understanding Bacterial Counts

Disease Surveillance

• Horse Disease Surveillance - Order No. 09-047

Medications

• Euthanasia of Horses
• Horse Medications -Their Use and Contraindication
• Human Health Concerns when Working with Medications around Horses - Order No. 00-063
• Phenylbutazone Use in Horses
• Preventing Accidental Exposure to Regu-Mate® and Procedures for Safe Handling

Parasites

• Lice on Horses

Poisonous Plants

• Black Walnut and Butternut Poisoning of Horses
• Bracken-Fern Poisoning in Horses - Order No. 09-049
• Common Plant Poisonings of Horses and their Investigation
• Common Weeds Poisonous to Grazing Livestock
• Link to Canadian Poisonous Plant Database
• Poisoning of Horses by Plants
• Poisoning of Livestock by Plants - Order No. 87-016
• Red Maple Leaf Poisoning of Horses - Order No. 06-109
• Toxicity of Equisetum to Horses - Order No. 07-037
• Weeds Gallery
• Yew Poisoning in Horses and Ruminants - Order No. 07-055