EIA Confirmed in Saskatchewan

One case of equine infectious anemia was confirmed in Beaver River (red dot) and another in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan.
Two cases of EIA were reported in Saskatchewan about an hour apart.

On April 17, 2019, a positive EIA result was confirmed by the national reference laboratory for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The horse was located on a premises in the rural municipality of Beaver River, Saskatchewan. The horse had been sampled by an accredited veterinarian at the owner’s request after the owner became aware of a potential epidemiological link to other recently identified EIA cases.

No clinical signs of disease were noted at the time of sampling.

A CFIA investigation is underway and as per program policy, a quarantine has been placed on the infected horse and its on-premises contact animals. The quarantine will remain until all disease response activities have been completed, including follow-up testing and ordering the destruction of positive cases. Trace-out activities might require the CFIA to undertake actions at additional premises as outlined in the current policy.

On April 25, 2019, a positive EIA result was confirmed by the CFIA’s national reference laboratory for a horse located on a premises in the rural municipality of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. The horse had been sampled by an accredited veterinarian at the owner’s request to comply with a show pre-entry requirement.

No clinical signs of disease were noted at the time of sampling.

A CFIA investigation is underway and as per program policy, a quarantine has been placed on the infected horse and its on-premises contact animals. The quarantine will remain until all disease response activities have been completed, including follow-up testing and ordering the destruction of positive cases. Trace-out activities may require the CFIA to undertake actions at additional premises as outlined in the current policy.

Information for this report was provided by the Equine Disease Communication Center.

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