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International Breeders' Meeting

INTERNATIONAL COLLATING CENTRE


    Animal Health Trust
    Information Exchange on Infectious Equine Disease
    Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU, England
    Telephone:  + 44 (0) 1638 555399
    Fax: + 44 (0) 1638 555659
    Website: http://www.aht.org.uk    /icc/linksicc.html

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    PLEASE CONTACT RICHARD NEWTON OR MAIRE O’BRIEN ON THE ABOVE NUMBER, OR E-MAIL
    maire.obrien@aht.org.uk  TO SUBMIT REPORTING INFORMATION

 

Interim Report – June 2011 #2 (03.06.11)

UNITED KINGDOM

Equine Influenza Virus
On 2nd June 2011 equine influenza (EI) was confirmed in a  five-year-old non-vaccinated riding pony in Cardiff, South Wales, United Kingdom. The affected pony was new to the premise and presented with clinical signs of cough, nasal discharge and pyrexia on arrival. The diagnosis was confirmed by nucleoprotein antigen ELISA applied to a nasopharyngeal swab at the Animal Health Trust. The affected pony has been isolated and no further cases have been reported to date.

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International Collating Centre