Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) is an infectious neurological disease with a high percentage of mortality that affects equines that share habitat with their definitive host; however, it has not been widely reported in endemic regions. In Colombia, a country with wide distribution of the host, a veterinarian is consulted for a clinical case of an equine with neurological and muscular symptoms compatible with EPM. Antibiotic and anticoccidial treatment was immediately initiated when this pathology is suspected, and a blood sample was sent to confirm the diagnosis in the laboratory. The sample was positive for the sarcocystin toxin produced by the protozoan S. neurona. The equine responded positively and fully recovered five months after treatment. This case report shows the importance of taking this pathology into account as a differential diagnosis to establish an effective treat...

 The clinical case of a canine with deep ulcerative pyoderma with dermal necrosis is presented, where Morganella morganii and Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from the skin lesions. The first is a bacterium from the environment and in the normal flora of the intestinal tract, and rarely reported in canines. S. aureus is a recognized gram-positive staphylococcal bacterium that is associated with suppurative infections. The results that address this study indicate the importance of carrying out a rapid recognition, diagnosis and initiation of treatment based on cultures and antibiograms. Polymicrobial infection makes treatment and its evolution difficult, and the progression of skin lesions and secondary systemic diseases must be avoided.

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM) is an infectious neurological disease with a high percentage of mortality that affects equines that share habitat with their definitive host; however, it has not been widely reported in endemic regions. In Colombia, a country with wide distribution of the host, a veterinarian is consulted for a clinical case of an equine with neurological and muscular symptoms compatible with EPM. Antibiotic and anticoccidial treatment was immediately initiated when this pathology is suspected, and a blood sample was sent to confirm the diagnosis in the laboratory. The sample was positive for the sarcocystin toxin produced by the protozoan S. neurona. The equine responded positively and fully recovered five months after treatment. This case report shows the importance of taking this pathology into account as a differential diagnosis to establish an effective treat...