International News | EQUINE
a functional disaster plan? Let’s take 2017 as the real
wake-up call and apply our passion for these majestic
animals to make 2018 and our future stronger, brighter,
and better for the horse and the people who share this
common bond. Let’s make coordinated, concerted
efforts in our own communities to strengthen our
home, farm, ranch, business, and community disaster
plans.
Take the time to familiarize yourself with the numerous
resources that are available to assist with local
community disaster planning. The AVMA, AAEP, and
State Ag Extension Services, and community response
teams are good places to start.
https://aaep.org/horsehealth/disaster-planninghorse-farms
https://ebusiness.avma.org/
https://training.fema.gov/emiweb/downloads/is10comp.pdf
Contact: Rebecca McConnico, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVIM (LA),
[email protected], (318) 257-2418, Louisiana Tech University,
Ruston, Louisiana
Fourth Quarter, 2017
The International Collating Centre, Newmarket, United
Kingdom, and other sources reported the following
equine disease outbreaks. Isolated cases of African
horse sickness (AHS) were recorded in South Africa.
The disease was confirmed in the Eastern Cape, Free
State and Gauteng Provinces, all within the AHS
infected area of the country. Turkey confirmed one
case of glanders during routine screening.
The USA reported nine outbreaks of equine influenza
involving four states with multiple cases in Texas.
One outbreak was also confirmed in the UK. France,
Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK, and the
USA recorded outbreaks of strangles. The number of
confirmed disease events ranged from 11 in France,
three in Germany, sporadic occurrence in South Africa,
three in Switzerland, endemic in the UK, and the USA
with outbreaks reported in 12 states. Equine herpesvirus
1 (EHV-1) related diseases were reported by France,
Germany, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, and the USA.
EHV-1 respiratory disease was recorded in Ireland (five
cases), Japan (one outbreak), South Africa (two cases),
and the USA (widespread in various states). Abortion
was confirmed by France (two cases), Germany (two
cases), Japan (single cases on five premises), and the
USA (two cases). EHV-1 neurological disease was
diagnosed in France (three outbreaks, each involving
a single case of the disease), Germany (one case), and
the USA (single outbreaks in seven states; seven cases
in one outbreak associated with a G2254 strain of the
virus). France (18 outbreaks), Switzerland (one case),
and the UK (three outbreaks) reported respiratory
illness associated with equine herpesvirus 4 infection.
The USA diagnosed a single case of abortion.
Equine herpesvirus 2 and/or 5 infection was recorded
in several states in the USA, sometimes associated
with evidence of respiratory disease. Canada (four
cases in Alberta and one in Quebec), France (single
case), and the USA (one case in Tennessee, two in
Kansas, and multiple cases in Montana), confirmed
occurrences of equine infectious anemia in the fourth
quarter of 2017. Equine piroplasmosis was reported
to be endemic in France and in South Africa, with
27 cases diagnosed in six of the nine provinces.
France, Germany, and South Korea recorded cases of
contagious equine metritis. A yearling filly without any
breeding history was found positive on a pre-export
test in France. Two cases were diagnosed in Germany,
and South Korea detected 22 positives among 2,165
samples tested without specifying in which quarter
they were identified. Eight cases of leptospiral abortion
were diagnosed in Kentucky, USA. The USA reported
10 cases of serogroup B Salmonellae in Kentucky.
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