A 2005 report estimated that there were over nine million horses throughout the country, residing on everything from Wyoming cattle ranches to Virginia horse stud farms to internationally-renown Kentucky thoroughbred breeding stables.
Valley fever is a fungal infection caused by coccidioides (kok-sid-e-OY-deze) organisms. It can cause fever, chest pain and coughing, among other signs and symptoms. Two species of coccidioides fungi cause valley fever.These fungi are commonly found in soil in specific regions.he fungi can then be breathed into the lungs and cause valley fever, also known as acute coccidioidomycosis (kok-sid-e-oy-doh-my-KOH-sis). Mild cases of valley fever usually resolve on their own. In more severe cases, doctors prescribe antifungal medications that can treat the underlying infection. 1  Symptoms.
Also known as childbed fever, puerperal fever is a condition that can develop into puerperal sepsis. This is a serious form of septicemia that is most often contracted after an abortion, miscarriage, or childbirth.Women who have cesarean births are at a higher risk of contracting puerperal sepsis or fever than those who deliver vaginally, however.hen it develops into puerperal sepsis, however, the condition can lead to toxic shock syndrome, multi-organ failure, and death. Commonly, genital tract sepsis is the infection responsible for puerperal fever.