jeg har som hingsteholder netop faaet information fra DEFRA at der er CEM konstateret hos en men muligvis to hopper i Gloustershire... jeg ved godt det er LAAAAANGT fra DK men med diverse hopper og saed rejsende over graenser goer dette udbrud (som i oevrigt er det foerste i adskellige aar i England) altsaa verden lille...

saa endnu engang HUSK at lave CEM svaber paa vulva af jeres hopper og penis af hingste.

her er teksten fra min nyheds mail:

To: Equine Industry Stakeholders

· Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM), a disease of horses notifiable in the UK, has been identified in a mare stabled in Gloucestershire. A second mare at the stables is currently under investigation.

· CEM is a venereal infection that causes a discharge from the vulva, resulting from inflammation of the uterus. Infected horses can be treated with antibiotics and recover.

· CEM cannot be transmitted to humans.

· The infection is easily controlled and movement restrictions on the horse and in-contacts have been put in place.

· It is a sexually transmitted equine disease. However, indirect transmission can also occur for example through contaminated breeding equipment.

· The spread of infection is controlled by preventing the mating of infected horses, treating the infection, re-testing several times to check the infection has cleared up before resuming mating, and applying strict hygiene measures when handling the horses involved.

· International trade is normally carried out on the basis of testing animals first before they are exported. Therefore there will be limited trade implications.

· Further details about Contagious Equine Metritis can be found at archive.defra.gov.uk/foodfarm/ farmanimal/diseases/atoz/cem/ index.htm

· The Horseracing Betting Levy Board has also produced a Codes of Practice for this disease http://codes.hblb.org.uk/

Exotic Disease Briefing Unit