Potomac horse fever, a disease that kills horses in up to 30 per cent of cases.An outbreak of the illness has been declared in Alberta.
Alberta equine therapy barn goes up in flames, owner vows to rebuild “He was in critical care for three days and then he was there for another couple of days on IV with his ice boots on,” says McIntosh, who runs a horse therapy program at Cremona, northwest of Calgary.“It’s not just our family that’s affected, because people are very connected to these animals and they were worried.”Finnegan recovered and was sent home, where he nuzzled with McIntosh during a recent interview.The Moore Equine Veterinary Centre, just north of Calgary, treated Finnegan and several other horses with the illness.“The ones.