Piroplasmosis: Florida Restricts Texas Horses

Florida has enacted import restrictions on horses from Texas due to the ongoing investigation into equine piroplasmosis, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson announced.

Nearly 300 Texas horses have tested positive for Theileria equi, one of two organisms responsible for causing equine piroplasmosis.

Florida now requires horses

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Florida has enacted import restrictions on horses from Texas due to the ongoing investigation into equine piroplasmosis, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles Bronson announced.

Nearly 300 Texas horses have tested positive for Theileria equi, one of two organisms responsible for causing equine piroplasmosis.

Florida now requires horses from Texas to have blood tests to check for Theileria equi within thirty days of entry into Florida, have a health certificate, and be checked for ticks that carry equine piroplasmosis. They must also be sprayed with a pesticide no more than two weeks before their arrival in Florida.

Equine piroplasmosis is considered a foreign animal disease, not endemic to the United States. It is a blood-borne parasitic disease primarily transmitted between horses by ticks or contaminated needles. It is not directly contagious from one horse to another. Ticks are the natural method of transmission of the equine piroplasmosis organisms, and the tick species known to be efficient at transmitting equine piroplasmosis is not believed to be in Florida

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