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USDA Equine 2015 Study: Biosecurity at Horse Operations

May 17, 2018
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Nearly 65% of operations evaluated had a quarantine area where newly arriving equids or those with a contagious disease could be housed and kept separate from healthy residents.

Topics: Article, Basic Care, Biosecurity, Biosecurity/Preventing Disease, Horse Care, Welfare and Industry

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Of the operations that had a quarantine area, 61.3% isolated these animals in a secluded barn, pen, or run, ensuring no possible direct contact with resident equids. | Photo: iStock

The USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) has released the fourth report from its Equine 2015 study, Biosecurity Assessment of U.S. Equine Operations, 2015.

The USDA-NAHMS conducted the Equine 2015 study in 28 states to provide participants, industry, and animal-health officials with information on the nation’s equine population.

From May 1 through October 15, 2016, USDA veterinary medical officers (VMOs) and/or animal health technicians (AHTs) administered a questionnaire as part of the second phase of the Equine 2015 study. Operations that participated in phase II were offered a free biosecurity assessment of their facilities, performed by a VMO or an AHT. The Biosecurity Assessment of U.S. Equine Operations, 2015 report is based on these VMO/AHT assessments

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