I’ve just returned from the World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) Congress in Guaruja, Brazil. There were presenters and attendees from all over the world.

One of the topics by Drs. Des Leadon and Conny Herholz focused on where the world’s horse populations exist, and where the threats from international spread of equine disease will come from and how.

While I’ll cover this more specifically in an upcoming article in The Horse magazine and on TheHorse.com, a couple of points are good food for thought:

1) China, Mexico, and Brazil are the top three countries in the world based on horse population