Covering sickness
Disease of horses and other Equidae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Covering sickness, or dourine (French, from the Arabic darina, meaning mangy (said of a female camel), feminine of darin, meaning dirty),[1] is a disease of horses and other members of the family Equidae. The disease is caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum, which belongs to an important genus of parasitic protozoa.[2] The occurrence of dourine is notifiable in the European Union under legislation from the OIE.[3] There currently is no vaccine and although clinical signs can be treated,[2] there is no cure.[4]