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FEI to Tighten Equine Biosecurity Following EHV-1 Outbreak
The FEI veterinary committee proposed 13 ways to improve biosecurity at equestrian events.
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Horse owners are faced with the continuous daunting challenge of how to protect their charges from infectious disease. But things are about to get a little easier: We’ve combed our archives and compiled five biosecurity resources on TheHorse.com.
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USDA Equine 2015 Study: Biosecurity at Horse Operations
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.
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The Minnesota Board of Animal Health offers equine biosecurity tips for owners traveling with their horses.
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Making a Disease Alert System a Reality
Similar to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for human diseases, the EDCC will serve as the official source of information about equine infectious diseases and provide real-time alerts when disease outbreaks such as the neurologic form of herpesvirus infection occur.
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Biosecurity Agreement
To educate participants and increase compliance with safe practices, show or event managers might want to include an agreement in a stall packet or in online show/event information, requiring a signature on a compliance agreement.
These are general biosecurity guidelines and each event/facility should tailor the agreement to their specific needs and circumstances.
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