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Manitoba, Canada
Alert ID: 560
July 18, 2017

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

On July 13, 2017 positive EIA results were confirmed by the CFIA’s national reference laboratory for six horses that had been sampled by an accredited veterinarian on a MB premises in the rural municipality of Armstrong. The infected animals had been sampled to comply with an event pre-entry requirement and clinical signs were not reported. A CFIA investigation has been initiated at the premises to identify and test susceptible contacts and determine potential links to other EIA-affected premises in MB. As per the current policy, the infected animals will be euthanized.