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Can't speak for another countries vet practices or decisions. However, 
in the vaccination for EI is very common. It has been for years. The EI 
vaccination is not very good, however, even at that if everyone gets it 
our prevalence of the disease will be minimized and the chance of a 
horse being exposed to it and carrying it will be minimized.

In Australia, on the other hand, it is a virgin population to the 
disease and just as we had issues when West Nile hit our virgin 
population they need time in Australia - vaccine or not - for the 
disease to reach an equilibrium.

To some extent we cannot limit human travel from one country to another 
- even though it might be in the best interest to do so. There are all 
sorts of treaties to address this. However, we can limit animal travel 
from one country to another. I am sure Maylasia did not do this on a 
whim and had good scientific reasons for doing it.

This type of thing I suspect is going to get more common. The Florida 
Dept of Ag was not very happy - with European horses bringing in a 
variant form of the EIV virus last winter after they had been cleared. 
While one state cannot limit interstate commerce - other than stopping 
everyone at the state line and making sure all paperwork is in order 
(which Florida has always done) - they can pressure the USDA to put more 
stringent requirements on importation and interstate travel of live 
stock. That is in fact what the Florida DOA is doing.

While it is too bad that Australia will not be able to field a team of 
their own horses, I have to say I side with the decisions of the country 
trying to protect their own interest.

Truman

k s swigart wrote:
> From: "Ranelle Rubin" <raneller@xxxxxxx>
>
>   
> > Do you think it is likely due to the fact that
> > vaccinating for EI is common place in the
> > US, and is not in Australia??
> >     
>
> I cannot imagine why this would make a difference.  The FEI requires all
> horses to be vaccinated for EI in order to get and maintain a passport.
> So, whether vaccinating for EI is commonplace in Australia or not, the
> FEI horses would be vaccinated anyway.
>
> If the horses, whether from Australia or the US, have FEI passports,
> then they should have similar if not the same vaccination status.  It
> seems to me that a horse coming from Australia where EI is rare (despite
> the current "outbreak") would be less likely to be an infectious carrier
> than a horse coming from the US where EI is endemic.
>
> Unless there is something that I am not understanding (entirely
> possible), I just don't get it.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
>
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