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possum disease ???
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:43 pm
by Missouri Boy
Has anybody had a horse or mule get possum disease ?
Renagade Hog and Bobcat Dogs
Salem , Missouri
Jason Raulston[/b]
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:48 pm
by Melanie Hampton
Not my horse personally but I know someone who had a nice gelding die from it... EPM
huh?
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:18 pm
by coondogger80
What in God's name is possum disease?
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:30 pm
by MKT
EPM is a virus that is found in possum stool. Horses get it from grazing near the stool. The virus affects the spinal\nervous system on horses ie making them very unsteady. Out west this is not as common but great leaps and bounds have been made in the treatments.