Animal health authorities have reported a case of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Belgium. The positive horse was found during an investigation into two horses from Romania that recently tested positive for EIA in Great Britain after a stopover in Belgium.

The information was included in a Feb. 2 report to the World Organization for Animal Health (or OIE) by Gerard Lamsens, conseiller général of the Service Public Fédéral Santé Publique, Service Politique Sanitaire, Animaux et Végétaux in Brussels. See the report.

Eighteen Romanian horses arrived at a dealer's stable in Belgium Oct. 21. Nine of the horses shipped to Great Britain Dec. 22, where routine post-import testing revealed EIA in two of the animals last month.

One person in Belgium bought the other nine horses in November. The buyer later sold one to a family member. The facilities where the horses are kept have been placed under quarantine. Authorities are tracing all horses that were in contact with the Romanian animals