Disease Alerts

On Dec. 7, 2018, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) in two horses on one premises in Cariboo Sub. B., British Columbia. The horses were tested at the owner’s request as exposure to EIA was suspected. The horses had no clinical signs of disease at the time of sampling. A CFIA investigation is underway and as per program policy, a quarantine has been placed on the infected animals and their 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 program policy. More info may be found on the CFIA website and at https://aaep.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Outside%20Linked%20Documents/DiseaseFactsheet_EIA.pdf.