Equestrian Canada (EC) has reported that a horse in the Lanaudière region of Quebec tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) on Jan. 18.

“As a result of the positive horse, two stables in the Lanaudière area have been quarantined since Jan. 13, 2017,” the EC statement said. “The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is in charge of all control measures and is completing an epidemiological investigation and a trace-back to all horses that have come into contact with the positive case and who may be at risk.”

Quebec has not had a positive case of EIA since 2011, EC reported.

Equine infectious anemia is a viral disease that attacks horses’ immune systems. The virus is transmitted through the exchange of body fluids from an infected to a noninfected animal, often by blood-feeding insects such as horseflies, and more rarely through the use of blood-contaminated instruments or needles

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