Clinical signs include fever, nasal discharge, cough, loss of appetite, trouble swallowing, and swollen lymph nodes of the head and throat. Pinnacle, a new vaccine administered through the nostril, eliminates the risk of injection-site reactions associated with other vaccines administered in the muscle. Caused by an Erlichia bacteria that is passed through the environment. Characterized by fever, lameness, diarrhea, and occasional death. An affected horse may suffer from respiratory infections, paralysis, and abortion.
Death can also occur in young horses.
This virus mutates into new strains over time, so be sure to ask for a vaccine that contains the most current influenza strains. Always fatal once contracted. Symptoms result from neurological damage and include high fever, partial blindness, staggering, paralysis, and death.