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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
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    • Archived Reports
      • EAFL Final Report to HVERC by N. Perkins 2005
      • Field reports
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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.

Archived field reports

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  • pdf Report_26Nov2012_NPerkins
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  • pdf Report_8Feb2013_NPerkins
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  • pdf Report_8April2013_NPerkins
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  • pdf Report_26Nov2013_NPerkins
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  • pdf Report_14March2014_NPerkins
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  • pdf Report_April2014_NPerkins&Way
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