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INTERNATIONAL COLLATING CENTRE


    Animal Health Trust
    Information Exchange on Infectious Equine Disease
    Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU, England
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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 – January 2012 #4 (17.01.12)

BAHRAIN
Glanders (Burkholderia mallei)
On 16th January 2012 the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reported an update regarding glanders surveillance in the north of the country. The third round of testing has been carried out and the outbreak has been resolved. Random testing will still be carried out on a routine basis.

UNITED KINGDOM
Equine Herpes Virus -1 (EHV-1) Abortion 
A single cases of EHV-1 abortion was confirmed on 16th January 2012 by the Animal Health Trust in a vaccinated thoroughbred mare in Lincolnshire. Diagnosis was made by positive PCR on fetal tissues and placenta. The affected mare did not show any clinical signs prior to abortion. Fifteen in-contact mares are being closely monitored and control measures are being undertaken in accordance with the HBLB Codes of Practice.
 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) Neurological Disease
Four further cases of Equine herpes virus-1 (EHV-1) have been reported with respect to the recent outbreak in California. The California Department of Food and Agriculture reported two cases on the 12th January. The horses showed respiratory signs and pyrexia and EHV-1 was confirmed. On 13th January two additional horses showed signs of pyrexia and were also confirmed positive for EHV-1. All affected horses are located on the same premises which remains under quarantine. 

Regards
International Collating Centre