Disease outbreaks for second quarter of 2013 reported

The International Collating Center, Newmarket, United Kingdom, too other sources reported the next illness outbreaks for the minute quarter of 2013:

• Contagious equine metritis (CEM) was reported from Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany too the USA. The quondam diagnosed the illness on v premises. Three stallions too v mares (non-Thoroughbreds) were confirmed positive for Taylorella equigenitalis on civilization too polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Of iii infected Warmblood mares imported into Kentucky, USA, before inward 2013, i gave nativity to a salubrious foal during the current nether review that was civilization negative for CEM. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 2-year-old Thoroughbred filly inward Florida was confirmed positive for T. equigenitalis prior to export to Puerto Rico. Intensive investigation into the filly’s background has failed to position the root of infection.
• Strangles was confirmed inward Kingdom of Denmark (six horses on a premises), French Republic (four outbreaks), Sweden (one outbreak) too the USA (endemic amongst outbreaks inward numerous states including Kentucky, Maine, Texas too Wyoming).
• Equine flu was reported from Sweden (two outbreaks of unmarried cases), the UK (seven cases on i premises) too the USA (sporadic cases inward at to the lowest degree 10 states). Equine arteritis virus was isolated from the semen of a carrier stallion inward Germany.
• Equine herpesvirus-1 too -4 related diseases were recorded past times Argentina, France, Germany, Japan, the UK too the USA. Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) respiratory illness was confirmed inward French Republic (two outbreaks), Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany (one outbreak), the UK (one outbreak) too the USA (outbreaks inward Florida too Kentucky). Abortion caused past times EHV-1 was reported from Argentine Republic (two cases on i premises), French Republic (single cases on v premises), Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany (four cases on iii premises), Nippon (14 cases inward Thoroughbreds on 7 premises), the UK (a unmarried case), too the USA (single cases on 2 premises).
• EHV-1 neurologic illness was recorded inward French Republic (single case), the UK (single case), too the USA (outbreaks inward New Bailiwick of Jersey too New York, the latter involving 4 cases at a harness track).
• Equine herpesvirus-4 was associated amongst outbreaks of respiratory illness inward Argentine Republic (outbreaks on 2 premises involving xiii Thoroughbred foals), too French Republic (12 outbreaks). French Republic too reported a unmarried representative of abortion due to the virus.
• The USA recorded several cases of infection amongst equine herpesvirus-2 inward Florida too Kentucky too numerous cases of equine herpesvirus-5 infection.
• Equine infectious anemia was reported from the USA, amongst 12 cases on a premises inward Nebraska too i representative inward Texas.
• Reports of equine piroplasmosis were received from French Republic (endemic, sporadic clinical cases), too the USA (19 cases of Theileria equi infection on 6 premises inward southeastern Texas).
• Outbreaks of salmonellosis were reported past times the USA involving Group B too Groups C1 too C2 salmonellae. The USA too recorded cases of Equine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis inward Florida (two) too Kentucky (seven).
• Rotavirus was confirmed inward French Republic (five outbreaks) too Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany (one case). Clostridial enteritis was diagnosed inward foals inward several states inward the USA. The USA too recorded a express release of cases of enteropathy due to Lawsonia intracellularis.
• Leptospiral abortion was reported from Argentine Republic (five cases on i premises). Isolated cases of nocardioform placentitis too abortion were confirmed inward Kentucky, USA.
• Individual cases of Hendra virus infection were diagnosed on 2 premises inward Queensland, Australia.
• The USA reported nine cases of Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis involving Florida, Georgia too South Carolina, too unmarried cases of West Nile Virus encephalitis inward Ohio too Texas.
• Rabies was confirmed inward the United Arab Emirates (two cases inward non-Thoroughbreds) too the USA (two cases on form premises).
• Germany recorded a representative of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection inward a Warmblood mare. Rhodococcal illness was stated to endure endemic inward the USA, amongst alone a percent of outbreaks beingness reported.

*First Quarter Report for Australia

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