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sjaantje schreef:

Ik zag het al op de KNHS site.. De consequenties voor een bedrijf zijn wel desastreus zeg!!! Neem aan dat dat ook geldt voor besmette paarden die het overleefd hebben? Vind dat nogal heftig..

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How can you tell if your horse has been infected by EIA virus? The disease has three forms:
1.Some horses develop a sudden onset of fever and depression within one to four weeks after being infected. These horses go off feed and develop small areas of bleeding (hemorrhages) in the gums, but are not anemic. Such horses often appear to recover, but unfortunately they are developing the second form of EIA, anemia.
2.When anemia develops, it may be accompanied by fever. The anemia generally waxes and wanes, with some horses appearing to recover somewhat only to have the signs recur later. During this second stage of EIA infection the horse may die.
3. The third form of EIA is the carrier horse that is infected but shows no signs of fever, anemia, or other problems. Although most horses with this chronic form of EIA appear to be normal, we veterinarians suspect the infection reduces their athletic performance to some degree. Such horses serve as a continuous source of infection for other horses within the range of flying insects that feed on blood. The longer an EIA positive horse goes undetected, the more likely other horses will be infected.

Although this disease is sometimes referred to as equine AIDS, the description is not accurate. The virus of EIA is only a distant cousin to the HIV virus that causes AIDS. The EIA virus is spread through the blood of infected horses, and infects only horses. Biting insects, especially horse flies (dazen)and deer flies, carry the virus from horse to horse. Reusing needles when injecting one horse after another can spread the virus.

Sammie schreef:

Voor de landen waar de ziekte uitbreekt geldt volgens de Europese regelgeving een meldingsplicht en een vrijwaringsplicht naar andere landen.

Zunzuncito schreef:

Dat snap ik niet. Het is niet besmettelijk, maar kan wel worden overgebracht door dazen en bloed-bloed contact. Waar wil je je paard paardvriendelijk gaan isoleren als je wilt/moet voorkomen dat het potentieel door een daas gestoken kan worden en daarbij dus ook andere paarden in gevaar kan brengen?