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Mboyd

Posted on Saturday, Feb 5, 2005 - 12:57 am:

There have been two positive Coggins tests within a 20 mile radius of my barn in the last three weeks. People are starting to get the tests done in anticipation of the show season. The two horses were at different barns and all the other horses tested negative.
My question is this, does this mean we have the disease in this area? Will it be safe to take my horse to the parks where we normally go riding or shoulld I avoid taking him off my property to minimize the risk of infection?
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DrO

Posted on Saturday, Feb 5, 2005 - 8:26 am:

It depends Marilyn, what is the hisory of these 2 horses since their last negative Coggins test? For more on this see the article associated with this forum. It explains in detail how this is transmitted. You get to by clicking on the Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) and the Coggins Test link above.
DrO
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