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  1. The Facts On EVA!
EVA is serious! Sally Box and her ranch staff have taken all precautions. All of our horses have been tested, and are all Negative! Bucks & Barrels Ranch has been under quarantine for the last month. Sally didn't want to take a chance...she had all of her horses vaccinated. There are stallions that are known carriers of EVA that are still breeding and completely booked for the year!  "It makes no sense at all!" says Sally," Why put your mare at risk....and what about the foal?" New Mexico has made it mandatory for stallions with the virus to stop breeding immediately.....

21.30.7.17             ACTIONS FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED SERO-POSITIVE STALLIONS:  A stallion infected with EVA during the breeding season shall immediately cease breeding or immediately cease having semen collected for artificial insemination or semen collected and stored for future use.  Since EVA is a reportable disease in the state of New Mexico, the state veterinarian must be immediately notified in the event of clinical EVA disease demonstrated by a positive laboratory test of serum or semen.  An owner or agent with a mare booked or bred to a stallion that became infected with EVA during the breeding season shall be immediately notified in writing by the stallion’s owner or agent, that the stallion is an EVA shedder.  A copy of the written notification shall be sent to the state veterinarian.  A stallion infected with EVA during the breeding season shall be classified as an EVA shedder and shall be handled according to the requirements of this rule.  Following the stallions classification as a shedder, the state veterinarian may reclassify the stallion as a non-shedder in accordance with this rule.

[21.30.7.17 NMAC - N, 7-15-05]

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Media Advisory
June 30, 2006


Equine Viral Arteritis (EVA)

Outbreak Reported in New Mexico*

On Monday June 26, 2006, the Office International des Epizooties (O.I.E.) Reference Laboratory for Equine Viral Arteritis at the University of Kentucky College of Agricultures Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, confirmed an outbreak of equine arteritis virus infection involving fetal losses among mares on a Quarter Horse breeding farm in New Mexico.

This was based on the widespread prevalence of high antibody levels to the virus in both mares and stallions, plus virus isolation from the semen of two stallions. On the same day, the outbreak was reported to the New Mexico Livestock Board in Albuquerque, N.M., which is now investigating the potential for spread of the infection to other premises.

The EVA Reference Laboratory is interested in receiving samples from suspected clinical cases of EVA or from animals very recently exposed to semen from either of the virus-shedding stallions. Veterinarians are requested to contact the Gluck Center at (859) 257-4757 before submitting samples.

For more information about this outbreak or about EVA, the following resources are available:

* The New Mexico Livestock Board has information regarding this outbreak on its Web site, which can be accessed at www.newmexicolivestockboard.com under critical events. * Information about EVA is available on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Web site at www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/nahps/equine/eva/.


* Detailed information about EVA from the USDA, including history, transmission, symptoms, clinical signs, treatment, prevention and control is available at: www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/pubs/fsheet_faq_notice/fs_ahequineva.html .


* An article entitled Equine Viral Arteritis: Is the Disease a Cause for Industry Concern? by Dr. Peter Timoney, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, is available in a pdf format from www.ca.uky.edu/gluck/index.htm. This article was written for the Spring and Summer 2005 issues of //Impulsion//, the official newsletter of The American Holsteiner Horse Association, Inc. and is reproduced with permission.


Writers: Dr. David Powell and Dr. Peter Timoney, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center



 
 
         
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