Infectious disease incidence among horses in France, Ireland and the United Kingdom during 1984
Veterinary Record 116(6): 145-146
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 2984833 Document Number: 260727
An outbreak of equine viral arteritis in Kentucky led to a temporary ban being imposed by France, Ireland and the UK on the importation of horses from the USA during 1984. Sporadic cases of influenza caused by the type 2 strain of the virus were confirmed in France throughout the year, and cases of strangles in Thoroughbred mares and foals were reported from all three countries. No case of contagious equine metritis was confirmed among the Thoroughbred breeding population, although a number of outbreaks of the abortion form of rhinopneumonitis occurred. A few clinical cases of equine infectious anaemia were confirmed in France.