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Equine Herpes Virus 1
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Troxler asks N.C. horse owners to be on the lookout for signs of equine herpes after disease found in Virginia 2-23-07
RALEIGH – Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler is asking horse owners in North Carolina to watch for symptoms of a highly contagious equine disease following the positive diagnosis of a horse in Virginia. Animal health officials in Virginia and Maryland imposed quarantines Thursday on four horse farms in Virginia and eight in Maryland. Read Entire Release>>
EHV-1 Helpful Links
Summer Arbovirus Alert for Equine Owners-
West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis (EEE)
West Nile Virus
WNV Disease Alert Page and Links
Tips to reduce mosquito breeding sites
NC Department of Public Health info on Arboviruses
Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis
EEE Disease Alert Page and Links
NCDA&CS EEE Fact Sheet (MS Word document)
EEE Interactive Surveillance Map
Avian Influenza - (Bird Flu)
Avian Influenza Factsheet
Avian Influenza Recommendations - including information on the disease, prevention, cleaning, disinfection, and frequently asked questions
Recomendaciones para prevenir la dispersión y/o
introducción del virus de la influenza de aves
Foreign Travel Recommendations
Poultry Biosecurity Guidelines
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) aka "Mad Cow Disease"
How North Carolina is working to prevent Mad Cow Disease
USDA-APHIS Fact Sheet
USDA-APHIS BSE Information Homepage
Other BSE information sources:
USDA BSE Repsonse Plan
APHIS BSE General Information
Centers for Disease Control (CDC's) BSE website including the disease in humans, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).
Washington State Government website BSE resources (media links, other government links)
National Cattlemen's Beef Association BSE website including beef cattle industry statistic links
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service "Quick Stats" (livestock / cattle numbers by county for any state)
NCDA&CS Agricultural Statistics Division Cattle and Cattle Farm numbers by county
BSE and TSEs (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy) of other species was the topic of discussion this year by 180 professionals from 23 countries at a conference in Fort Collins, Colorado in September, 2003. You can download a two page summary of the meeting in MS Word document format from:
http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/aphi/TSESum.doc
Some of the articles and presentations can be found at:
http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/aphi/TSE/TSEMain.htm
NCDA&CS Safety and Health website
CDC site for bioterrorism and emergency preparedness
Livestock Event Animal Health Safety Guidelines
Farm Biosecurity Guidelines
Foreign Animal Disease Investigation Protocol
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