Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and The Ohio State University (OSU) have found that the raccoon can serve as an intermediate host for Sarcocystis neurona, the single-celled protozoan ...

What is Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)? EPM is a devastating disease that attacks the central nervous system (CNS) of the horse creating inflammation to the brain and spinal cord. The ...

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis or EPM is an infection of the central nervous system with a protozoal parasite named Sarcocystis neurona. Infection causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.

Blacksburg, Va. -- Sharon Witonsky, associate professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, has received the Pfizer ...

The most recent Journal of Parasitology contained an article that opens the door for battling equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). Researchers J. P. Dubey, BVSc, PhD, senior scientist at the ...