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Equine Viral
Arteritis Status
August 17, 2007
(Albuquerque)
Commercial breeding stallions entering New Mexico must
have an EVA test prior to entry. This must be
noted on and accompany the health certificate.
Stallions entering for exhibition only and returning to
origin state are exempt from EVA requirements.
Positive EVA stallions must have prior approval and an
entry permit from the New Mexico Livestock Board.
All horses entering the state must have a negative
EIA (equine infections anemia) results to be entered on
the health certificate. All horses entering the
State of New Mexico must have a body temperature
recorded on the health certificate. Please
reference our EVA Rules and Regulations.
December 15, 2006
(Albuquerque)
The State of New Mexico has not received any reports of
active EVA since July, 2006. All quarantines relating to
EVA have been released at this time.
The
New Mexico Livestock Board has adopted Rules and
Regulations regarding management of EVA in the state of
New Mexico. All persons involved in the equine breeding
industry are strongly urged to make themselves familiar
with these rules. Click
here for
a copy of the rules.
The
United States Department of Agriculture has a
publication covering EVA that may be obtained from your
veterinarian, USDA, or the New Mexico Livestock Board.
The booklet is titled “EVA, A Manageable Disease”.
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September 29, 2006
(Albuquerque).
The New Mexico Livestock Board is announcing the last
reported case of Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA) was
mid-July, 2006. Regulatory action was deemed necessary
in late June, 2006 to minimize the spread of the disease
and prevent a state-wide embargo that would have created
adverse economic conditions within New Mexico’s horse
industry. To date, one equine facility remains under
quarantine.
Mares that were
exposed to EVA during their pregnancy may still be at
risk. Any abortions from EVA exposed mares should be
reported to animal health authorities immediately.
Presently, the
primary concern with respect to EVA is the forth coming
breeding season. Breeding farms, owners of stallions,
mares to be bred and foaling facilities should have
functional management plans intact prior to breeding
season to minimize potential infection of EVA. Horse
owners are urged to work with their veterinarian. The
management plan should include (but not limited to)
protocols that address the following:
1) Receiving
horses on to the premise:
a) mares may require a current EVA blood test
b) stallions should be required to have an EVA blood
test and/or semen culture
2) Vaccination
protocols:
a) Accurate vaccination certification and record keeping
is of the utmost importance.
3) Shipping or
receiving chilled or frozen Equine semen:
a) advisable to check EVA status of imported semen
b)
check with other state’s animal health authorities
regulations regarding shipment of semen outside of New
Mexico.
Hopefully, EVA
vaccine will be available in October, 2006. Vaccine
should be administered to high risk horses. Animals of
primary concern are breeding stallions, teasers, mares
that may be exposed to EVA and stud colts that will be
used for breeding. New Mexico limits the use of the EVA
.vaccine, by or on the order of a federally accredited.
New Mexico licensed. veterinarian.
The New Mexico
State Veterinarians office will use the United States
Department of Agriculture,(USDA), Uniform Methods and
Rules regarding EVA, as guidelines for monitoring EVA
within the state of New Mexico.
Further
information on creating a management plan:
1) AAEP Guidelines
for breeding a mare to an equine arteritis
virus-shedding stallion:
http://www.xcodesign.com/aaep/displayArticles.cfm?ID=36
2) Understanding
Equine Viral Arteritis: http://www.xcodesign.com/aaep/displayArticles.cfm?ID=285
3) Equine Viral
Arteritis: Is the disease a Cause for Industry Concern?
http://www.ca.uky.edu/gluck/NewsMedAlertEVANM.asp
4) Detailed
information about EVA from the United States Department
of Agriculture:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahequineva.html
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahps/equine/eva/
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