USDA Releases First Report From Equine 2015 Study
Edited Press Release
January 11, 2017
The study was designed to give industry members and animal health officials insights on the U.S. equine population.
The study was designed to give industry members and animal health officials insights on the U.S. equine population.
Diseases reported include African horse sickness, influenza, EHV, EIA, rabies, and more.
The horse was imported from Mexico earlier this year but tested negative for EIA at that time.
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Reported diseases include African horse sickness, herpesvirus, influenza, strangles, and equine infectious anemia.
The 13-year old Quarter Horse gelding from McCurtain County was euthanized.
The 14-year-old Quarter Horse mare was located in Atoka County.
State health officials found no additional exposed horses had been infected with equine infectious anemia.
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Diagnosed diseases include vesicular stomatitis, EHV, strangles, influenza, piroplasmosis, rabies, and more.
The EIA-positive mare was euthanized and a second exposed horse was transferred to a newly quarantined premises.
Confirmatory tests are currently being run after a nonracing horse at Arapahoe Park tested positive for EIA.
Thirty-four equids on the affected Enon Valley premises will be quarantined for at least 60 days.
A farm in Halifax has been quarantined after a horse residing there tested positive for EIA on April 18.
Confirmed diseases include vesicular stomatitis, EHV, influenza, Hendra virus, equine infectious anemia, and more.
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