Equine Hemoplasmosis (Brief Review)

Lafta, Ali Jarad; Al-Saad, Kamal

doi:10.23975/bjvr.2026.167604.1266

	Equine Hemoplasmosis (Brief Review)
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research
Volume 25, Issue 1, March 2026, Pages 174-183 PDF (566.1 K)
Document Type: Review Paper
DOI: 10.23975/bjvr.2026.167604.1266
Authors
Ali Jarad Lafta^* ¹; Kamal Al-Saad²
¹University of Basrah
²Internal and preventative medicine,college of veterinary medicine,Basrah university
Abstract
Hemoplasmosis, is a worldwide spread disease worldwide with significant clinical and epidemiological importance due to the related to its health crises it causes, that negatively impacting infected animals. In horses, this disease requires careful attention because of the systemic reactions, hemolytic anemia, and weakness it can trigger. Additionally, postmortem features may display general emaciation, paleness of internal organs, obvious splenomegaly, and enlarged (liver, kidneys, and heart), which showed white patches. Furthermore, histopathological changes indicate degeneration and necrosis in cardiac muscles, besides atrophic glomeruli, accompanied by the dilatation of renal tubules in the kidneys, as well as a marked reduction in the proportion of white pulp of splenic tissue and degenerative changes in the cytoplasm of hepatocytes, accompanied by nuclear alterations characterized by loss of chromatin content in the hepatic tissue. As the disease is life threaten It often results in the death to the affected animal; therefore, essential preventive measures should be applied to limit the disease and its spread by implementing advanced methods that protect animals from infection and death.
Keywords
Hemoplasma; Equine; Review

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