Equine disease outbreaks for fourth quarter of 2012
The International Collating Center inward Newmarket, England, as well as other sources reported the next affliction outbreaks for the 4th quarter of 2012*.
One study of contagious equine metritis was received from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The causal agent, Taylorella equigenitalis, was detected inward 2 stallions, ane of whom had been used for breeding inward FRG the previous year.
In a national survey inward Italy, 47 of 34,464 blood samples were positive for antibodies to Trypanosoma equiperdum, the drive of dourine alongside no reports of associated clinical disease.
Strangles was reported inward Republic of Ireland (nine cases), Sweden (four outbreaks), Switzerland (one case), as well as the USA.
Equine flu was reported from France, FRG (one case), the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland (three outbreaks), as well as the USA. French Republic recorded the affliction on 3 premises involving 10 Connemara ponies, 2 of whom died. The 3 outbreaks were epidemiologically linked to ponies purchased inward Ireland.
Equine herpesvirus-1 related diseases were reported past times France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland as well as the USA. Three outbreaks of EHV-1 respiratory affliction were confirmed inward France, alongside 3 premises as well as 8 horses involved. The USA reported numerous cases/outbreaks of the affliction inward several states.
Abortion due to EHV-1 was recorded inward French Republic (two cases), FRG (single case), Nihon (single case), as well as the USA (two cases). EHV-1 myeloencephalopathy was reported inward France, the UK, as well as the USA. French Republic reported vi cases. Two outbreaks were recorded inward the USA, at an Illinois racetrack as well as a Minnesota Equus caballus farm. Of vi cases identified at the racetrack, v were euthanized as well as ane recovered. Of 7 horses on the premises inward Minnesota, v became neurologic, ane of which was euthanized. The United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland reported ane outbreak inward a thoroughbred preparation yard that involved 4 cases, ane of which was euthanized.
Respiratory affliction associated alongside EHV-4 infection was reported past times French Republic (13 outbreaks), FRG (two cases), Nihon (13 cases), Sweden (seven cases), as well as the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland (one case). The United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland reported ane representative of EHV-4 abortion.
Cases of infection alongside equine herpesvirus-2 as well as herpesvirus-5 were diagnosed inward several states inward the USA.
Equine infectious anemia was confirmed inward Canada alongside 21 cases: inward the Yukon (eight), Alberta (two), as well as Saskatchewan (11). Three positive cases were diagnosed inward the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland on 2 premises alongside the beginning of infection believed to select been a shipment of horses from Kingdom of Belgium inward 2008.
Equine piroplasmosis was recorded inward French Republic (endemic), Switzerland (one case), as well as the UAE (endemic).
One additional outbreak of vesicular stomatitis (New Bailiwick of Jersey serotype) was diagnosed inward the USA, bringing the 2012 sum to 36.
Forty-two cases of Eastern equine encephalomyelitis were confirmed inward the USA, bringing the annual sum to 213. The highest numbers of cases were recorded inward Louisiana, Mississippi, as well as Florida. West Nile encephalitis was reported past times Italy as well as the USA. Thirty outbreaks were confirmed inward Italy, alongside cases of clinical affliction on xiii premises. Prevalence of clinical cases was 23 percent, alongside a case-fatality charge per unit of measurement of xx percent. The USA reported nine additional cases, bringing the annual representative sum to 654. Texas (117), Louisiana (62), Pennsylvania (50), California (46), as well as Oklahoma (42) had the highest numbers of cases. The affliction was recorded inward 42 states.
Five fatal cases of Hendra virus infection were diagnosed inward Australia: 3 inward the Rockhampton surface area as well as 2 inward the Cairns surface area inward Queensland.
Salmonellosis was diagnosed inward FRG (three cases), Republic of Ireland (one case), as well as the USA (cases/outbreaks inward several states).
Kentucky, USA, confirmed 2 cases of equine monocytic ehrlichiosis, as well as sporadic cases of enteritis due to Clostridium perfringens type Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 as well as Lawsonia intracellularis.
The USA too confirmed fifteen cases of leptospiral abortion, outbreaks of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis inward an increasing issue of states, as well as outbreaks of Rhodococcus equi infection. Nihon reported a representative of tetanus, as well as FRG reported a representative of rotaviral enteritis.
*Third Quarter Report for Australia
The inward a higher house cloth was published inward Equine Disease Quarterly, which is funded past times underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, brokers as well as their Kentucky agents.
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