Hi! In this era of epidemics in humans and animals, who can forget the 2018/2019 outbreak of equine influenza in the UK? I wanted to gather some information about the disease, so that the horse owners who read this blog are prepared next time. So, what is equine influenza (or horse flu or equine flu)? Based on the definitions provided by the World Organisation for Animal Health, it is a “highly contagious though rarely fatal desease of horses, donkeys and mules and other equidae”. Outbreaks of the disease have been recorded throughout history, severely affecting the economies that rely on horses as draft animals. Although most contemporary economies are not…