A USDA-APHIS investigation traced a multistate EIA cluster to contaminated IV flushes at a Texas clinic. Officials continue IDing and testing potentially exposed horses.
Humans, not insects, are now the major source of equine infectious anemia (EIA) infections.
The horse resided in Dallas County, and the facility is under official quarantine.
One horse tested positive, and six have been exposed.
The Quarter Horses from Lubbock and Kaufman counties have been euthanized.
One horse on a Ponoka County, Alberta, premises tested positive for equine infectious anemia.
Forty-six more horses were exposed.
The index case tested positive for equine infectious anemia while in Arizona.
State officials will continue working with local veterinarians and horse owners to monitor potentially exposed horses.
The horses reside on a single premises in Maricopa County.
The horses resided in two adjoining Central Alberta locales.
The horse’s premises remains under official quarantine.
The positive horses did not exhibit any clinical signs of disease.
CFIA has quarantined the affected horse and all potentially exposed animals.
The affected horse and any potentially exposed horses have been quarantined.
An official quarantine will remain in effect until response protocols are complete.
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