THE HORSE GAZETTE
health
ongoing testing for cem
By Sherri L. Barclay of Barclays Arabians Horse, Stock,
There are so many
tined for overseas, CEM was from Wisconsin: Nanning 374.
10302 IH-35 North
Living Quarter,
once again discovered. What The disease has been
San Antonio, Texas 78233
Enclosed Cargo,
things, we as horse owners,
have to worry about with our
was thought to be eliminated found in several horse breeds.
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Landscape, Dump,
Equipment, Motorcycle,
horses. West Nile, EPM, Colic,
was now back to haunt the US It was even found in three
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Influenza just to name a few. In
outbreak in the US caused an portation into the US however
December there were 30 states
estimated cost to the equine they were treated and cleared
testing equines that may have
market in the general area before they were allowed to
been exposed to CEM.
of 60 million dollars. This of breed. Treatment is as simple as
CEM is a very con-
course prompted a massive disinfectants and antibiotics.
tagious disease that causes
investigation into the newest To mare owners, this
temporary infertility in horses.
case of CEM to try to isolate means that if your mare was
It can be spread through both
it as quickly and as efficiently exposed she runs the possibility
breeding and artificial insemi-
as possible. of not getting pregnant, abort-
nation.
Testing recently be- ing the foal or in extreme cases
CEM was first found
gan in Texas and one stallion becoming infertile. In stallions
in 1977. Overseas there were
has been confirmed with CEM. however there seems to be no
several Thoroughbred mares
The stallion which is infected lingering effect after treatment
not becoming pregnant, hav-
spent part of the breeding has ended and the disease is no
• Hitches
ing shorter periods between
season in Kentucky where au- longer in their systems.
• Service
heat cycles and some were also
thorities feel the original horse The US continues to • Financing
having a slight discharge. Once
may be located. The spread of do testing and is still, at this
WAC
breeding season ended test-
CEM between stallions can be time, feverishly trying to iso-
ing began to find the cause of
due to the lack of bio-security late where the current outbreak
almost 30% of effected horses
measures used at the facility originated. They are currently
on individual farms in the UK
collecting the stallions. trying to work backwards to
and Ireland.
There have been determine the original source.
At that time more
testing of horses ongoing in The one case that still
Accepting new lesson
than 200 mares and 23 stal-
42 states as of January 2009. has authorities scratching their
lions across almost 30 farms
With this testing there have heads, is the disease found in Bo Phillips
and training clients.
were infected. The US and
been 9 stallions confirmed the Friesian stallion Nanning
Bulverde, TX
Beginner to advanced riders
Canada implemented pre-cau-
as having CEM across four 374 from Wisconsin. What • Training Training from start to finish
tions to keep potential infection
states and the testing of all makes this case so interesting
• Showing
spreading here from horses
the mares exposed to them is is due to the fact that his owner
• Instruction
still ongoing. The investiga- states that his stallion has never
Limited space
coming from the UK, Europe
available
and Ireland. This however did
tion currently includes over been collected and he has never
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not seem to be enough as cases
383 horses. bred any other breed than other
were reported in Kentucky the
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following year. Then in 1979
stallions are as follows: Paint of the disease seems to have
more cases were reported in yet
stallions in Indiana: Gentle- started with Quarter Horses this
another US state and measures
man Sent Roses, Invited Back, case is still a mystery.
were quickly put into place
and Zips Heaven Sent. Quarter The investigation
to help stop the spread even
Horse stallion from Kentucky: continues.
further. At that time CEM was
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were found.
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