Nog een aanvulling: Uit het rapport dat Defra naar de werelddiergezondheidsorganisatie OIE heeft gestuurd blijkt dat het dier op 15 augustus is geëxporteerd en op 1 september is getest. Het zou dus kunnen dat het dier in Engeland besmet is geraakt...
The horses were introduced to the United Kingdom as legal imports on 15 August 2010. They were subjected to a documentary, identity and physical checks as part of routine post-import testing. These checks disclosed documentary irregularities and as a result of this the horses were sampled for EIA on 1 September 2010. One horse was confirmed as positive for EIA by AGID (Coggin’s) test and the premises and all horses on it have been placed under restriction. The remaining five imported horses were confirmed negative by AGID. All horses on the premises are being sampled and tested today (7 September 2010). The veterinary epidemiology inquiry is on-going.
Dit geval is overigens aangetroffen in Ashington, Northumberland, in het noordoosten van Engeland. De eerste twee gevallen in UK (ook importpaarden, uit Roemenië) waren in Zuid-Engeland.