The Equine Disease Communication Center issued an alert Dec. 23 for eight positive cases of pigeon fever in Oldham County, Kentucky. The report, which came from the horses' attending veterinarian, ...

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University veterinarians have issued a warning to horse owners. Owners need to be on the lookout for signs of pigeon fever in their horses, according to veterinarians at ...

An unusual outbreak of the bacterial disease "pigeon fever," also known as dryland distemper, has been occurring in Kentucky over the past three weeks, according to Dr. Doug Byars, a specialist in ...

A few dozen horses in the region are being treated for pigeon fever, a bacterial infection that can cause a horse’s chest to swell like a pigeon’s. Dr. Fred Robinson of Riverside Veterinary Clinic in ...

As Jan Britton poured hot water onto the terry cloth towel draped around her mare's chest, Mindy snorted softly, shook her head, then nuzzled her chest. The 12-year-old mare probably is signaling that ...

The drought could be the cause of a life-threatening disease popping up in horse country. North Texas veterinarians have seen an unusual rise in the number of cases of pigeon fever, a disease that ...

PENDLETON, Ore. — Symptoms of a contagious animal disease called pigeon fever have been found in dozens of horses in Eastern Oregon this fall. Despite the name, the disease is not spread by the bird.

Though it has many aliases--including pigeon fever, dryland distemper, and false strangles--and can look gruesome on the surface, a normal Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection is relatively ...

Veterinarians are warning horse owners in the Bloomfield area to be on the lookout for a disease known as pigeon fever.Four horses have been affected and vets say they're not exactly sure how it's ...

SAN ANTONIO – Drought, flies and dust are turning out to be a recipe for a horse infection that is tearing it's way though Texas for the first time. It's called pigeon fever and even though it's been ...