International Horse Movements and Disease Risk
Equine Disease Quarterly
July 15, 2017
From 1995 to 2014, the OIE received reports of 54 disease events associated with international horse movement.
From 1995 to 2014, the OIE received reports of 54 disease events associated with international horse movement.
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The mainstays of biosecurity still center around good hygiene, diagnostics, quarantine, isolation, and traffic control.
A horse arriving from Europe produced.a “questionable” blood test result, but tested negative on a retest.
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