PENDLETON, Ore. — Symptoms of a contagious animal disease called pigeon fever have been found in dozens of horses in Eastern Oregon this fall. Despite the name, the disease is not spread by the bird.

The Equine Disease Communication Center issued an alert Dec. 23 for eight positive cases of pigeon fever in Oldham County, Kentucky. The report, which came from the horses' attending veterinarian, ...

As Jan Britton poured hot water onto the terry cloth towel draped around her mare's chest, Mindy snorted softly, shook her head, then nuzzled her chest. The 12-year-old mare probably is signaling that ...

Experts are cautioning horse owners to be on the lookout for pigeon fever, a bacterial illness that causes abscesses typically in the pectoral region of horses, but in other anatomical sites. Pigeon ...