EQUINE | Equine Disease Update
EQUINE | Equine Disease Update
fied in order to be reunited . Veterinarians working with affected horses in the recent aftermath and recovery efforts in Texas and Florida from hurricanes Harvey and Irma are finding microchipping invaluable with the massive ongoing sheltering operations . There is really no down-side and no reason that a horse should not have microchip identification .
Contact : Rebecca S . McConnico , DVM , PhD , Dipl . ACVIM ( LA ) Professor of Agricultural Sciences Rmcconn @ latech . edu ( 318 ) 257-2418 Louisiana Tech University Ruston , LA
INTERNATIONAL
Second Quarter 2017
The International Collating Centre , Newmarket , United Kingdom , and other sources reported the following disease outbreaks .
Outbreaks of African horse sickness were reported in all provinces in South Africa except the Western Cape . Occurrence was as expected for this time of the year .
Equine influenza was reported by the UK and the USA . The UK confirmed two outbreaks . Influenza was recorded in 14 states in the USA , where it is considered endemic .
France , Germany , South Africa , Switzerland , and the USA recorded outbreaks of strangles . The number of confirmed outbreaks includes three in Switzerland , four in Germany , and 16 in France . Whereas the disease was reported as sporadic in South Africa , it is considered endemic in the USA . High clinical attack rates were seen in ponies and horses on a premises in one western state and in corralled wild horses in two states .
Equine herpesvirus 1 ( EHV-1 ) related diseases were reported by France , Germany , Ireland , Japan , Switzerland , the UK , and the USA . Fever with or without respiratory disease was confirmed on two premises in France .
Ireland reported four cases of infection . Germany , Switzerland , and the UK recorded one or two outbreaks and the USA reported that the disease was present in various states . Cases of abortion were diagnosed in France ( two outbreaks ), Germany ( three outbreaks ), Japan ( 10 outbreaks ), the UK ( two outbreaks ), and the USA ( one outbreak ).
EHV-1 related neurologic disease was recorded in France ( one case ), the UK ( isolated cases on two premises ), and the USA ( four outbreaks on facilities in California , Colorado , Maryland , and New Jersey , each involving a single case of the disease ).
Equine herpesvirus 4 was reported by France , Germany , Ireland , and the UK . The number of outbreaks varied from one in Ireland , three in Germany , four in the UK , and 14 in France .
The USA recorded multiple cases of equine herpesvirus 2 and / or 5 infection , some associated with respiratory disease , in several states .
Equine infectious anemia was confirmed in Germany , Switzerland , and the USA . The disease was identified on three premises in Germany , one in Switzerland , and two in the USA , both epidemiologically linked , with three cases on each premises .
France and Switzerland reported the presence of equine piroplasmosis . France considered the infection endemic and Switzerland recorded a single case of the disease .
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