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EAFL

Equine Amnionitis Foetal Loss

  • EAFL
    • Recent news
    • Health precautions and tips
  • About EAFL
    • What are the signs of EAFL and how is it diagnosed?
    • How do processionary caterpillars cause EAFL?
    • How confident are we that processionary caterpillars cause EAFL?
    • How long does it take from exposure to abortion?
    • Are other caterpillars capable of causing EAFL?
    • What is the difference between EAFL and MRLS?
    • What further research is being done?
  • Caterpillars
    • Processionary caterpillars
    • Other caterpillars
  • Risk management for mares
    • Assessing risk
    • Caterpillar management
    • Informative brochure and poster
    • Known host plants of processionary caterpillars
  • Research
    • R&D History 2004 – 2014
    • ARC Linkage Project
      • Project team
      • Research group Newsletters
    • Archived Reports
      • EAFL Final Report to HVERC by N. Perkins 2005
      • Field reports
    • Publications
    • For students
  • News
  • Gallery
    • Nest types
    • Life cycle
    • Videos
    • Predators and parasitoids of processionary caterpillars
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About

Equine Amnionitis & Foetal Loss (EAFL) is a veterinary term used to describe abortions and the birth of compromised foals that may occur when pregnant mares are inadvertently exposed to some types of hairy caterpillar.

Informative brochure and poster

EAFL Poster

 

EAFL Brochure

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