VMLL 2110 - West Nile Virus in Horses

1 CE Credits / Fall 2008

Delivery/Location: Online

UPDATED FOR 2007!

This course is a summary of information about West Nile Virus with an emphasis on equine patients. West Nile Virus has been very costly to the equine industry with an associated case fatality rate of approximately 30%.

The virus has been identified in nearly every state in the U.S. and it is critical that veterinary practitioners who care for equids be able to recognize the clinical signs, necessary laboratory testing to make a diagnosis and methods of prevention and treatment of this disease. This course is designed to give the veterinarian the necessary tools to best serve their clients and equine patients regarding the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of West Nile Virus infection.

Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.

Instructors

Picture of the instructor Josie Traub-Dargatz

Dr. Traub-Dargatz is a professor of equine medicine at CSU. Her veterinary training includes study at the University of Illinois, a large animal internship at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, and several years of equine practice in Maple Plain MN. She gained further training in internal medicine at Washington State University. She earned her Masters Degree in Clinical Sciences from WSU in 1982 and board certification with the American College of Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in 1985.

Dr. Traub-Dargatz has been a clinician in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at CSU since 1983. Her training and research interests include population based studies of the diagnosis and control of equine infectious diseases. She is an author on over 75 referred scientific articles and regularly presents lectures on equine diseases to veterinary students, horse owners and veterinarians.