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Two horses in Pulaski County, Virginia have tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). EIA is an acute or chronic viral disease that affects horses and other equines. No vaccine is available to prevent the disease and there is no known cure, but the disease is detectable through the Coggins test.
The two horses were diagnosed after blood was submitted to the Wytheville Regional Animal Health Laboratory by the owner’s veterinarian to try to identify the cause of unexplained weight loss. The first positive horse originated from Oklahoma and was purchased in 1994 at a sale in Radford, Virginia, at which time it tested negative for EIA. The second horse had not been tested since 1998, at which time it was negative. After confirmation of the first positive, the second horse was tested and found to be positive also. The two horses, age 25 and 31, had been pastured together. The owners euthanized the horses to eliminate them as a source of infection for others.
Veterinarians with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) have been taking blood samples from horses within a one-mile radius of the infected horses. They have tested 17 horses and results are pending.
.VDACS urges horse owners in all parts of the state to test their horses routinely for the presence of EIA. The virus is spread mechanically from infected to healthy horses by biting flies or contaminated instruments such as hypodermic needles. It is not
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