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spread by direct horse-tohorse contact. Symptoms include intermittent fever, depression, progressive weakness, weight loss, edema, and anemia. Horse owners can keep their stock from becoming infected by buying animals only after they have been tested and found to be free of any evidence of the disease. Owners should not take their horses to any assembly point - show, sale, race track, trail ride — unless prior testing is required for all horses.
“These horses prove that this disease is still present in the state even though the number of new cases annually is small,” said Dr. Richard L. Wilkes, State Veterinarian and Director of VDACS’ Division of Animal and Food Industry Services. “Horse owners can help control the spread of this disease by getting a Coggins test annually even if they are not traveling with their animals. This is an instance where the National Animal ID System, when it is fully implemented, will help reduce the time it takes to notify horse owners in the immediate area, but even though all premises in SW Virginia are not yet registered, I am confident that our Veterinary staff in the Wytheville Regional Laboratory will conduct a thorough investigation of these two most recent cases of ELA.”
For more information on Equine Infectious Anemia, horse owners should check with their veterinarian or they may contact VDACS’ Division of Animal and Food Industry Services at 804/786-2483.
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