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  • Equine Diseases Get a Closer Look  * |  6/24/2010
    Federal officials are calling for more education, research, and cooperation when it comes to emerging equine diseases. During the June 22 American Horse Council National Issues Forum, a panel discussion on "Emerging Diseases: A Challenge to the Horse Industry" took center stage. It was co-hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspe ...  Read full story
  • Event Managers Urged to Notify Participants of Entry Requirements  * |  6/16/2010
    The Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) recommends that event organizers notify all event participants in advance (via show bill, flier, etc.) that the law requires them to provide proof of a current negative Coggins test and Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) when attending a public equine event. A Coggins test is a simple blood test that determines whether a horse is a carrier ...  Read full story
  • EIA Quarantine Lifted in England  * |  5/6/2010
    The quarantine for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Wiltshire, England, has been lifted after three sets of tests showed horses free of the disease. The testing was required after two mares imported from Romania in December tested positive in January for EIA, also known as swamp fever. The United Kingdom's Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) conduc ...  Read full story
  • Woman Fined for Forging Horse Health Documents  * |  2/9/2010
    A Boscobel, Wisc., woman has been fined for selling horses without testing them for disease and forging documents claiming the tests had been done, the state veterinarian's office said. In a plea bargain, Carol Swenson pleaded no contest to one charge of altering animal health records and one charge of selling an untested equine animal. She was ordered to pay Sauk County Circu ...  Read full story
  • EIA Reported in Belgium  * |  2/4/2010
    Animal health authorities have reported a case of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Belgium. The positive horse was found during an investigation into two horses from Romania that recently tested positive for EIA in Great Britain after a stopover in Belgium. The information was included in a Feb. 2 report to the World Organization for Animal Health (or OIE) by Gerard Lamsens, cons ...  Read full story
  • Great Britain EIA: 50 Horses Exposed  * |  1/21/2010
    Fifty horses were exposed to equine infectious anemia (EIA) at a stable in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. All horses on the infected premises appeared clinically normal but will be tested at 30-day intervals for up to 90 days. The two positive mares, which were recently imported from Romania, were euthanized. This information was included in a Jan. 20 report submitted to the <a href ...  Read full story
  • EIA: British Horse Owners Advised Not to Panic  * |  1/20/2010
    The British Horse Society is urging horse owners not to panic after two horses in Wiltshire, England, tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA), also called "swamp fever." Equine infectious anemia is an untreatable disease of horses, donkeys, and mules, spread by the exchange of bodily fluids, including via insect vectors. Affected horses remain infectious carr ...  Read full story
  • EIA Reported in Great Britain  * |  1/19/2010
    Animal health authorities have confirmed two cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Wiltshire, England. The two horses were recently imported from Romania via Belgium, noted a statement from the Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). The infected horses will be euthanized and other horses on the Wiltshire premises will be tested. "This ...  Read full story
  • EIA Reported in New Jersey Pony  * |  12/30/2009
    A pony recently brought to a New Jersey stable from a sale barn in Pennsylvania was confirmed positive for equine infectious anemia. Officials in Pennsylvania are investigating the source of the infection. The pony, which had been obtained by an equine rescue group, was euthanized. Equine infectious anemia (EIA), also called "swamp fever," is an infectious, viral disease ...  Read full story
  • Ireland's EIA Experience: What Did We Learn?   * |  7/18/2009
    In 2006, Ireland was rocked by an outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) that was rapidly contained by veterinarians and the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (read more). Despite their quick action, the fallout from this outbreak has been widespread. In the three years since the outbreak, veterinarians and ...  Read full story
  • Reducing the Risks of Infection in Veterinary Practices: Recent Lessons Learned with EIA  * |  11/1/2008
    Introduction The subject of infection control has been high profile recently with numerous teaching hospital closures, racetrack and other facility quarantines, newly developed AAEP infection control guidelines, and published monographs.1-3 Despite our increased attention to the subject, we have yet to develop a meaningful set of guidelines based ...  Read full story
  • France Reports EIA Cases   * |  8/4/2008
    Three horses have been euthanized after testing positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in connection with an ongoing investigation into cases in the Ardèche department, an area in south-central France. The cases and control measures were reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (<A href="http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=weekly_report_index&admin=0" ...  Read full story
  • Mule Infected with EIA Reported in Ohio  * |  7/25/2008
    A mule in Central Ohio was recently euthanized after testing positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA), according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture. The Pickaway County farm has been quarantined for 60 days in accordance with Ohio law, although the remainder of its horses have tested negative for the virus. No other cases have been reported to Ohio officials at this time. "We ...  Read full story
  • WSU Researchers Awarded $1.4 Million to Study Equine Infectious Anemia   * |  7/3/2008
    Faculty members at Washington State University have been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the equine infectious anemia (EIA) virus in horses. The grant was awarded to Susan Carpenter, PhD, a professor in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, along with her departmental colleagues Robert Mealey, DVM, PhD, and Lindsay Oaks, ...  Read full story
  • Indiana Horse Owners Warned of Infectious Anemia Risk  * |  5/29/2008
    Horse owners and veterinarians are being asked to watch their animals closely for any unusual clinical signs, in light of a cluster of recent positive cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA). According to Tim Bartlett, DVM, director of equine programs for the Indiana State Board of Animal Health, three horses on a south-central Indiana farm have tested positive for the disease in the las ...  Read full story
  • Kentucky's EIA Surveillance in 2007   * |  4/9/2008
    During the 2007 calendar year, 128,912 serum samples were tested for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Kentucky. Private testing accounted for 111,607 samples. These samples were collected and tested to comply with state regulations governing the sale and exhibition of equine in Kentucky or to meet interstate transportation requirements. Another 17,305 samples were collected through the ...  Read full story
  • EIA Case Discovered Near New Mexico Track   * |  8/29/2007
    A group of about 100 horses at Ruidoso Downs Race Track in New Mexico has been tested for equine infectious anemia (EIA) by the New Mexico state veterinarian's office after a horse stabled near the track's barn area tested positive for the virus last week. Test results have come back negative for all horses in the immediate area. "The horse (that tested positive) came in from Texas, ...  Read full story
  • Texas: Water Everywhere Raises Risk of Livestock Disease  * |  7/16/2007
    Rushing water, stagnant ponds, or even sudden dry stages after wet periods can lead to outbreaks of livestock disease. Mosquitoes and biting flies, capable of carrying and transmitting diseases, thrive in the damp weather. Prolonged wet periods can also bring anthrax spores to the surface, making them a threat to livestock and wildlife after pastures dry. Horse owners ...  Read full story
  • Flooded Plains States: Drying Out, Bracing for Mosquito-Borne Equine Diseases   * |  7/12/2007
    The waters might be receding, but horse owners in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and other areas affected by recent flooding shouldn't drop their guard against flood-related problems just yet. Veterinary authorities say owners in the soggy states should prepare for a potential surge in cases of mosquito-borne equine diseases, such as Eastern and Western equine encephalitis (EEE and WEE), West Nile ...  Read full story
  • Biologic and Therapeutic Options Discussed  * |  7/11/2007
    The Biologic and Therapeutic Agents Forum at the 2006 AAEP Convention was facilitated by Craig Barnett, DVM, Intervet Senior Equine Technical Services Specialist, and co-facilitator Carol Clark, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of Peterson & Smith Equine Hospital in Ocala, Fla. The first topic of discussion was the equine viral arteritis (EVA) outbreak in 18 states and two Canadian province ...  Read full story
  • EIA Discovered in Southern France  * |  6/29/2007
    Two horses have been euthanatized after testing positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Ardèche, a department in the Rhône-Alps region of southern France, according to an announcement made by the French Minister of Agriculture and Fishing earlier this week. A 19-year-old horse and a 21-year-old pony sharing the same barn in Vernon were euthanatized following positive ...  Read full story
  • Ireland Lifts Final EIA Movement Restrictions  * |  4/2/2007
    Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Food on March 21 lifted all movement restrictions still in place due to the outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) that started last summer and claimed 28 horses. The last case was confirmed December 10, 2006. Read a statement released by the Department <A href="http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/index.jsp?file=animal_health/EIA/EIA.xml" ...  Read full story
  • Researchers: The Stigma of EIA is Misplaced   * |  3/4/2007
    Equine infectious anemia (EIA), also known as swamp fever, is a viral infection/disease of equids that has been largely controlled in the United States through application of Coggins testing since the early 1970s. In many areas of the country, especially where testing for antibodies to EIA virus (EIAV) has occurred in a high proportion of the population at regular intervals, the chance of ...  Read full story
  • Equine Infectious Anemia Testing and Risk  * |  3/1/2007
    Despite the fact that infection with equine infectious anemia (EIA) virus is found in fewer and fewer horses every year, U.S. horse owners continue to pay in excess of $50 million annually for required testing (Coggins tests). In 2006, the USDA reported fewer than 200 new cases, 66 of them on one premises. In other words, owners are paying on average about $250,000 to find each positive horse or ...  Read full story
  • Control of EIA Should Take New Directions   * |  2/27/2007
    Horse owners in the United States pay over $50 million each year to test for equine infectious anemia (EIA). What return are they getting for their money? How concerned should they be about EIA? This article attempts to put EIA in a contemporary perspective and offers suggestions for an improved benefit/cost ratio for continued and improved/expanded surveillance testing. Our message ...  Read full story
  • EIA: Transmissible Through the Air?  * |  1/3/2007
    An outbreak of equine infectious anemia (EIA) at a veterinary hospital in Ireland is leading some researchers and veterinarians to postulate the virus might be transmissible through the air in some exceptional circumstances. This is the first time scientists have observed a situation that points to aerosol transmission of the virus. In summer 2006, the virus spread from one mare to all the ...  Read full story
  • NAHMS Study Ranks EIA Awareness and Testing Rates  * |  12/8/2006
    Horse owners' familiarity with equine infectious anemia (EIA) varies greatly by where they live, the size of their operation, and how they used their horses, according to the National Animal Health Monitoring System's (NAHMS) Equine 2005 study. Overall, 46.5% of equine operation managers (such as farm owners or trainers) said they were "knowledgeable" about EIA. Managers in the ...  Read full story
  • Irish Officials Confirm 27th EIA Case  * |  11/18/2006
    On Nov. 16, officials with Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Food confirmed the 27th case of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) since the outbreak began in mid-June. This latest case was confirmed following analysis of a blood sample taken from a horse regarded by the Department as being part of a small group of particularly high-risk horses, which had been in contact with the first ...  Read full story
  • Irish Officials Confirm 26th EIA Case  * |  10/30/2006
    The Department of Agriculture and Food has confirmed the 26th case of equine infectious anemia in Ireland in horse from a farm in County Meath. The premises in question has been placed under restriction. The case was confirmed by the Department's Central Veterinary Research Laboratory following tests on a sample taken from a horse as part of the extended surveillance program being ...  Read full story
  • EIA Not Spread in Virginia   * |  10/1/2006
    After two horses tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) on June 28 in Pulaski County, Va., 19 other horses within a one-mile radius were tested and confirmed negative for the disease, according to Elaine Lidholm, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). The two horses were diagnosed after the owner's veterinarian ...  Read full story
  • EIA in Germany  * |  9/30/2006
    The Office International des Epizooties (OIE, or World Organization for Animal Health) has reported two outbreaks of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Germany. Horses and donkeys have been affected, and the source of the outbreaks or origin of infection is unknown. "Two outbreaks of equine infectious anaemia have been reported in Thueringin (east central Germany)," said the report. In ...  Read full story
  • Control of EIA Virus Transmission   * |  9/19/2006
    Once equine infectious anemia has been detected and confirmed in an index case through serologic tests, a series of procedures must be instituted with urgency to limit the spread of the infection to horses in close contact and limit the exposure to only that affected by blood-feeding insects. These procedures have proven effective in a variety of situations and are listed below. It is ...  Read full story
  • Irish Officials Working to Control EIA Outbreak   * |  9/13/2006
    Since equine infectious anemia (EIA) was first identified in Ireland in mid-June, animal health officials have been working to contain the outbreak that has now resulted in 21 confirmed cases and surveillance of around 1,000 horses. According to Paddy Rogan, MVB, MRCVS, chief veterinary officer for Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Food, surveillance and containment have been the ...  Read full story
  • Ireland Department of Agriculture Urges Vigilance in Minimizing EIA Risk  * |  9/7/2006
    This is a Note to Industry/Private Veterinary Practices from the Ireland Department of Agriculture and Food, August 31, 2006: The Department has now received confirmation of seventeen cases of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA), the most recent on 26 August 2006. As a consequence of these seventeen cases, a total of twenty-two premises are currently subject to Department imposed ...  Read full story
  • EIA Outbreak Spreads to Northern Ireland  * |  9/7/2006
    A foal in Londonderry County, Northern Ireland, was euthanatized after testing positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA), reported The Belfast Telegraph on Sept. 6. The 12 other horses on the farm, including the foal's dam, are under strict quarantine. They are being tested for antibodies to the disease every ten days for the next 90 days. The Telegraph reports ...  Read full story
  • Irish EIA Outbreak Leads to New British Testing Requirement  * |  8/7/2006
    An outbreak of swamp fever - Equine Infectious Anaemia - in Ireland, with up to 18 horses reported to have been infected, appears to be in check but Britain has imposed controls from August 14 to try and stop the disease entering the country. Runners in British races from Ireland will need a negative Coggins test prior to declaration being accepted while British-trained horses going t ...  Read full story
  • Nineteen Virginia Horses Confirmed Negative for EIA  * |  8/7/2006
    After two horses tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) on June 28 in Pulaski County, Va., 19 other horses within a one-mile radius were tested and confirmed negative, according to Elaine Lidholm, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). The two horses were diagnosed after the owner's veterinarian submitted blood ...  Read full story
  • Authorities Find Equine Infectious Anemia in Ireland  * |  8/1/2006
    Three horses tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) at two Thoroughbred stud farms in County Meath, Ireland. It is suspected the disease was introduced through the use of infected blood products. This is the first time the disease had been detected in Ireland, and agriculture officials report the two farms are under quarantine and no further cases have been detected. According t ...  Read full story
  • Equine Infectious Anemia Confirmed in Ireland  * |  6/19/2006
    Agriculture authorities have confirmed Ireland's first recorded cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA). Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Food announced Thursday (June 15) that the disease was detected in a "small number of horses" in the Meath/Kildare area. The disease was likely caused by the use of infected equine blood products, and investigations into the outbreak are ...  Read full story
  • Electronic EIA System Approved for Exports  * |  5/30/2006
    GlobalVetLink L.C., an Internet-based business designed to allow animal health authorities to track and regulate animal movement nationally, has developed technology now recognized by the USDA for international shipments of horses. Electronic laboratory forms carrying equine infectious anemia (EIA), or Coggins, test results are now being accepted by federal health officials ...  Read full story
  • Kentucky's EIA and West Nile Surveillance Program  * |  4/14/2006
    During 2005, a total of 121,813 samples were tested for equine infectious anemia (EIA). For the first time since regulatory testing was initiated in the 1970s, no positive animals were identified (Figure 1). Private testing accounted for 101,650 samples to comply with state regulations regarding the sale and exhibition of equine in Kentucky or to meet interstate transportation requirements. ...  Read full story
  • EIA-Positive Horse Auctioned Off in Two States   * |  9/1/2005
    Equine infectious anemia (EIA) was confirmed July 13 in a Pennsylvania horse, said Bruce Schmucker, VMD, of the state's Department of Agriculture. The horse hasn't shown any clinical signs of EIA and passed through an auction in Meadville, Pa., on June 29. The horse was first tested at a Sugarcreek, Ohio, auction on June 24. "Ohio allows equines to come to a licensed livestock marke ...  Read full story
  • EIA-Positive Horse in Pennsylvania  * |  7/15/2005
    Equine infectious anemia (EIA) was confirmed July 13 in a Pennsylvania horse, said Bruce Schmucker, VMD, of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The horse is not showing any clinical signs of the disease and passed through Meadville Livestock Auction in Meadville, Penn., on June 29. The infected horse was first tested at the Sugarcreek Horse and Tack Auction in Sugarcreek, Ohio ...  Read full story
  • Officials Call Off Delhi Polo Season Due to EIA  * |  2/9/2005
    The Delhi, India, polo season has been cancelled after two ponies were diagnosed as carrying equine infectious anemia (EIA), according to a Feb. 7 report from New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV.com). The NDTV story reads, "To prevent the disease from spreading, the infected area has to be quarantined for 90 days and the infected horses ...  Read full story
  • Equine Infectious Anemia: Symptoms and Control  * |  2/1/2005
    Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is a disease most horse owners know instantly by name because they must prove that their horse doesn't have it if they want to go to a show, sell it at auction, or even travel to another state. Yet, it would be fair to say that many of those same owners don't know what is involved with the disease--how it is transmitted, its history in this country, and what is ...  Read full story
  • Quarantine Lifted at Kentucky Harness Track  * |  10/15/2004
    Standardbred racehorse owners got a scare last week when officials quarantined three barns of horses at the Red Mile, a harness track in Lexington, Ky, because of serologic test results that suggested a horse might have had equine infectious anemia (EIA). That quarantine was brief, however, as further tests indicated that the horse was not suffering from an active infection. Equine ...  Read full story
  • EIA Detected in Australia   * |  8/1/2004
    On June 8, the Queensland, Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) reported that equine infectious anemia (EIA) was confirmed on a central coast property. While the disease is detected frequently along western Queensland's river systems and on the Central Highlands, detection along the Queensland coast and in southeast Queensland is uncommon. Three horses on ...  Read full story
  • EIA Detected in Australia  * |  6/17/2004
    On June 8, the Queensland, Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) reported that equine infectious anemia (EIA) was confirmed on a central coast property. While the disease is detected frequently along western Queensland's river systems and on the Central Highlands, detection along the Queensland coast and in southeast Queensland is uncommon. Three horses ...  Read full story
  • Keeping Disease at Bay   * |  6/1/2003
    Preventing communicable diseases from striking horses should be the goal of every horse owner. Despite our best efforts, however, there are going to be occasions when a communicable malady afflicts one or more horses at a private farm or public stable. When that occurs, efforts must be made to treat the afflicted animals and to prevent the disease from spreading to others on the premises or i ...  Read full story
  • EIA in Georgia: Four Horses Test Positive, 94 Quarantined   * |  10/1/2002
    Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin announced last week that four horses in Chattooga County tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) and have been euthanized. At press time, 94 other horses in the county had been quarantined due to possible exposure. Equine infectious anemia is a viral disease that attacks the horse's immune system and is most commonly detected wit ...  Read full story
  • EIA in Georgia: Four Test Positive, 94 Quarantined  * |  8/26/2002
    Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin announced last week that four horses in Chattooga County tested positive for Equine infectious anemia (EIA) and have been euthanized. So far, 94 other horses in the county have had to be quarantined due to possible exposure. EIA is a viral disease that affects the horse's immune system. There is no cure. EIA is usually transmitted by ...  Read full story
  • Change to Texas EIA Regulations   * |  4/23/2002
    The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) recently enacted a new regulation that requires equids to have had a negative blood test for equine infectious anemia (EIA) within the previous 12 months if the animals are kept within 200 yards of equids owned by another individual. The change was in response to citizen petitions. Linda Logan, DVM, Texas' state veterinarian and TAHC executiv ...  Read full story
  • USDA Exempts Iceland from Horse Testing Regulation  * |  11/20/2001
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published a final rule earlier this month that amends the regulations to exempt horses from Iceland from testing for dourine, glanders, equine piroplasmosis, and equine infectious anemia during the quarantine period following importation. This action is warranted because Iceland has never had a reported ...  Read full story
  • EIA In Montana  * |  11/2/2001
    Eight cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA) have been discovered in Montana in 2000, according to officials from the stateâs Department of Livestock (DoL). All of the infected horses are on or traced from the Tehinnah Ranch in Melrose, Mont. EIA is an incurable viral disease which is spread via infected blood. Montana law and federal regulations require that EIA-infected animals ar ...  Read full story
  • EIA In Georgia  * |  11/1/2001
    Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin said on June 15 that 41 horses are quarantined at 10 different North Georgia locations due to exposure to equine infectious anemia (EIA). "We have tested these 41 quarantined in the Adairsville, Calhoun, and Ranger areas, and more than 50 others as a precautionary measure," Irvin said. "Equine infectious anemia is an incurable disease, and we ...  Read full story
  • Arkansas and Michigan Change EIA Test Requirements   * |  10/1/2001
    Changes to equine infectious anemia (EIA) testing requirements were made recently in Arkansas and Michigan. Arkansas passed Act 540, which defines and sets standards for an EIA research facility and will require an EIA verifier to be present to check Coggins test papers at equine events. Michigan has revised testing requirements to require a one-time mandatory EIA test on all horses and has ...  Read full story
  • Arkansas Has New EIA Law  * |  8/24/2001
    The Arkansas 2001 General Assembly recently passed Act 540, which defines and sets standards for an equine infectious anemia (EIA) research facility and requires a Certified EIA Verifier to be present to check Coggins test papers at any equine event that meets one or more of the criteria listed below. Act 540 amends Act 1306 of 1997. Event ...  Read full story
  • Georgia Quarantines 41 horses, Tests 50 More For Equine Infectious Anemia  * |  6/22/2001
    Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin said on June 15 that 41 horses are quarantined at 10 different North Georgia locations due to exposure to equine infectious anemia (EIA). "We have tested these 41 quarantined in the Adairsville, Calhoun and Ranger areas and more than 50 others as a precautionary measure. Equine infectious anemia is an incurable disease and we have taken ...  Read full story
  • USDA Proposes To Exempt Iceland From Horse Testing Regulations  * |  4/27/2001
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced April 17 that it is proposing to exempt horses from Iceland from testing for dourine, glanders, equine piroplasmosis, and equine infectious anemia during the quarantine period following importation. The USDA reports the action is warranted because Iceland has never had a reported case of dourine, glanders, equine piroplasmosis, ...  Read full story
  • Equine Infectious Anemia Reported In Virginia  * |  3/30/2001
    Three horses in Virginia have tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) since January 1, 2001. EIA is an acute or chronic viral disease that affects horses and other equines. No vaccine is available to prevent the disease and there is no known cure, but the disease is detectable through the Coggins test. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services urges horse ...  Read full story
  • The Risk of EIA In Foals  * |  1/5/2001
    From Equine Disease Quarterly, a publication funded by Underwriters At Lloyd's of London, Brokers, And Their Kentucky Agents Although it seems counter to logic, acquiring equine infectious anemia (EIA) by being alongside an infected carrier horse may be reasonably rare for a foal. Foals of EIA-positive dams with clinically inapparent infections have an excellen ...  Read full story
  • EIA in New Mexico  * |  1/1/2001
    Near Sunland Park, New Mexico, eight horses recently tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA). Initially, two horses were found to be positive during a routine testing for a sale. The rest of their herd was tested immediately, and the remaining positive horses were found in that herd. Most of the horses were from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, and some had been on the farm for up to 1 ...  Read full story
  • Pennsylvania EIA Update  * |  1/1/2001
    The number of horses testing positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Northeastern Pennsylvania has risen to 26. Of these horses, 24 have been euthanized, and two horses remain under quarantine for life. All horses can be traced back to two Wayne County Camp herds. (For more information on this EIA epidemic, see the January 2000 issue of The Horse, page 8.) All remaining animals on one far ...  Read full story
  • EIA Awareness Spreads  * |  1/1/2001
    Show officials around the country have been cracking down on enforcement of having negative Coggins tests with horses. For example, two trailerloads of entries into a Mobile, Ala., horse show made the news in February when they were rejected for not complying with the regulation that requires horses participating in shows to have a negative Coggins test taken within the last 12 months. The Gulf ...  Read full story
  • Coggins Test |  4/1/2000
    Q. My horse was turned away from a horse show because we didn't have a current negative Coggins test. Is it really that important? A. To answer the question directly, you were turned away because it is customary to monitor the serum of horses for antibodies to equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV)--and we use testing to prevent the movement of virus carriers an ...  Read full story
  • Four States Usher in Equine Passports  * |  1/6/2000
    State livestock health officials in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi have forged a reciprocal livestock health agreement, making it easier for equine enthusiasts to travel between and within these states with their horses. On Jan. 1, the group ushered in an "Equine Passport" that is valid for six months and can be used in lieu of the certificate of veterinary inspection (health ...  Read full story
  • In Pennsylvania 22 Horses Destroyed Due to EIA  * |  1/1/2000
    The total number of horses which have tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in northeastern Pennsylvania has risen to 23. Twenty-two of the horses have been destroyed, and three remain under quarantine. Another horse tested positive in Lebanon County, but the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) has been unable to link that horse with the positive reservoir group. Two ...  Read full story
  • EIA Positives At 21 in Pennsylvania  * |  11/5/1999
    According to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA), as of Nov. 2, a total of 21 equids have tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Wayne County since Sept. 18. Eighteen of these have been destroyed; the three most recent discoveries are quarantined. The PDA continues to investigate all leads to identify, quarantine, and test Pennsylvania ...  Read full story
  • 17 Pa. Horses Positive For EIA   * |  10/22/1999
    Seventeen equines have tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia in Wayne County since Sept. 18, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA). Fourteen of the equines have been destroyed, and the other three are quarantined. PDA is investigating all leads to identify, quarantine, and test Pennsylvania equines which have been exposed to the known positive equines, ...  Read full story
  • New Zealand Declared EIA-Free   * |  8/13/1999
    New Zealand has been declared free of equine infectious anemia after a recent mishap allowed an EIA positive horse into the country from Australia. On May 24 an EIA positive broodmare was imported to the Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand. The horse was allowed entry after Australia's Animal Quarantine Inspection Services mixed up ...  Read full story
  • Don't Get Bucked Off By New Equine EIA Testing Law   * |  8/13/1999
    Planning to sell Ol' Paint? After September 1, Texas law will require that equine, including horses, donkeys, mules, and asses, have a test for equine infectious anemia (EIA), (also known as "Coggins" or "Swamp Fever") within 12 months before the animals undergo any change of ownership. The law exempts nursing foals changing ownership with their test-negative dams, and ...  Read full story
  • North Dakota Horse Owners Alerted Of EIA  * |  7/2/1999
    Several recent, confirmed cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA) are a warning to North Dakota horse owners to be aware of the possibility that their horses may have contacted the disease, says the state veterinarian. Dr. Larry Schuler said that five horses in North Dakota have recently been diagnosed with the disease, and that one ...  Read full story
  • Equine Infectious Anemia In Alberta, Canada   * |  6/25/1999
    Equine infectious anemia (EIA), a deadly equine virus carried by horseflies and mosquitoes, has forced veterinarians to destroy more than 120 horses in Alberta, Canada, this year, a federal agency says. An incurable disease, EIA is commonly known as swamp fever. The disease is caused by a virus which infects red blood cells in horses, ...  Read full story
  • Australian Snafu Allows Clearance Of EIA Mare   * |  6/18/1999
    Australian quarantine officials are investigating how a sample-labeling mix-up threatened to bring New Zealand's horse industries to a halt less than two months before the scheduled arrival of shuttle stallions from North America, Europe and Japan. A North American mare cleared by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS), was ...  Read full story
  • Kentucky EIA Surveillance- 1998  * |  5/7/1999
    During 1998 a total of 88,149 samples were tested for equine infectious anemia (EIA) in Kentucky. Private testing accounted for 73,590 samples that were submitted to comply with state regulations regarding the sale and exhibition of equines in Kentucky, resulting in three animals identified as EIA positive. In addition, 14,559 samples were collected through the Market Surveillance ...  Read full story
  • False EIA-Positive Mustang Foals Go Up For Adoption   * |  4/2/1999
    Twelve Mustang foals will be among horses offered for adoption at a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) adoption in Stillwater, Okla., April 10. Ten gentled and halter-trained geldings, 12 untrained mares, and four gentled jack burros will also be available. The foals are a special group because of their health history. These twelve are now ...  Read full story
  • Update: Clean Bill Of Health For EIA-Positive Mustang Foals   * |  2/26/1999
    Eleven Mustang foals taken to Oklahoma State University last summer when they tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA) now have tested negative. A temporary restraining order filed by the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had allowed the foals to be quarantined and re-tested when their dams ...  Read full story
  • EIA Positive Horses Detected In Florida   * |  2/26/1999
    Five horses located west of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., have tested positive for equine infectious anemia, an infectious disease that can be fatal. All five horses which tested positive for EIA antibodies came from a single premise (farm) that housed a total of eight horses. Two of the horses which tested positive exhibited clinical signs of the disease including loss of energy and lethargy, whic ...  Read full story
  • EIA Reservoir Implications   * |  10/23/1998
    Charles Issel, DVM, PhD, spoke about the implications of reservoirs of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) at a seminar hosted by the University of Kentucky's Gluck Equine Research Center in Lexington, Ky. Issel began by stating that most EIA affected horses are inapparent carriers. These horses are only found to be positive when they are routinely tested for the disease. In th ...  Read full story
  • EIA Positive Horses Found In Germany   * |  10/23/1998
    Nine horses tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) antibodies in the Augsburg area of Bavaria, Germany, with one of the horses showing clinical signs of the disease, according to Dr. Hofherr of Germany's Ministry of Health, Department of Animal Health. All nine horses were euthanized to prevent the spread of this disease, which has not been reported in Germany ...  Read full story
  • EIA Testing Of Wild Free-Roaming Horses   * |  10/9/1998
    Every year, the majority of new cases of equine infectious anemia (EIA) is found in the same states where EIA has been diagnosed with the highest frequency since testing was initiated in the early 1970s. Thus, an untested reservoir of infection appears to be present and serves as a source for transmission to our mobile and tested population. <FONT ...  Read full story
  • Stricter EIA Requirements Possible For North Carolina   * |  9/25/1998
    According to M. A. Mixson, DVM, of North Carolina's State Veterinarian's office, stricter requirements concerning the testing for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) is pending approval by the state's General Assembly. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services is pushing for the more stringent testing policy which will require all horses entering stat ...  Read full story
  • Equine Infectious Anemia in Horses  * |  8/1/1998
    Equine infectious anemia, commonly known as swamp fever, is a viral disease that attacks the horse's immune system. There are no cure and no vaccine for this viral infection, which is caused by a retrovirus closely related to the HIV virus in humans--the cause of AIDS. It's recommended by the American Association of Equine Practitioners that horses testing positive for EIA antibodies be ...  Read full story
  • USDA Amends EIA Quarantine Regulations   * |  6/12/1998
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture is requiring that all horses classified as reactors for equine infectious anemia be quarantined at least 200 yards from healthy horses in livestock facilities under state or federal supervision. "This amendment is part of our continuing effort to prevent the interstate spread of this serious disease," ...  Read full story
  • USDA Proposes To Amend Horse Quarantine Regulations   * |  2/20/1998
    The USDA is proposing to require that all horses classified as reactors for equine infectious anemia (EIA) must be quarantined at all times at least 200 yards from healthy horses at livestock facilities under state or federal veterinary supervision. "This proposal is part of our continuing effort to prevent the interstate spread of this ...  Read full story
  • USAHA Infectious Diseases Committee Report On EIA   * |  12/26/1997
    The United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) Committee of Infectious Diseases of Horses was the first introduction of the new draft uniform methods and rules for equine infectious anemia (EIA). Tim Cordes, DVM, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Equine Programs, with USDA, APHIS, explained the new rules to the group, and he gave samples of the draft EIA forms to veterinarians in attendance. ...  Read full story
  • American Horse Council: Watchdog In Washington  * |  7/1/1996
    There are an estimated six million equines in the United States. In some states, the horse industry is a multi-billion-dollar business, contributing substantially to the state and local tax base, as well as providing employment, entertainment, and education to the community. Whether a hobby or business, raising or working with horses can be costly. In order to watchdog our industry's ...  Read full story
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