Equine Viral Arteritis Outbreak in Argentina

OLGUIN PERGLIONE C; CORDOBA G; ECHEVERRIA MG; TIMONEY P; TORDOYA S; DARQUI F; METZ GE; MIÑO S; BECERRA L; SERENA S; VISSANI A; BARRANDEGUY M

Minneapolis

Simposio; 114th Annual Meeting United States Animal Health Association and 53rd Annual Conference of American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians; 2010

The 2010 EVA outbreak in Argentina has resulted in severe economic consequences for both the breeding and performance sectors of the horse industry and even for the country’s economy. Those consequences can be summarized as follows: -All horse movements within Buenos Aires province were interrupted from 6th May to 4th June. -Disruption of training schedules, reduced race and competition entries. -Losses due to abortion, early fetal losses and death of a young foal in the index premise. -Veterinary and laboratory expenses. -Additional monitoring and surveillance throughout the country. -Conflict at international (the Netherlands) level because of the importation of infective semen. -The number of stallions (some of them very valuable sport horses) that have been infected, some of which may turn out to be carriers of EAV. -Additional expenses and inconvenience involved in vaccinating and isolating stallions just before the start of the 2010 breeding season. -Closed export markets for Argentinean horses to Colombia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru and Chile. -Potential denied export markets for seropositive horses.