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Re: [RC] Health certificate/Coggins - Sisu West Ranch"... has nothing very much to do with contagious disease control. Just sayin'..." Not true. When Leroy Coggins test for EIA first became available, in the 70's there were places in Florida where 40% were positive, now even in Florida a positive is rare. Clear thinking folk wanted a national test and slaughter law and campaign, much like the one that eliminated Glanders ~100 yrs. ago. Selfish horse owners campaigned against it. The result is we still have to pay every year to keep the disease under control (but not eliminated). I was involved in getting the Mn livestock health folk to put in their rules, so I carefully researched this issue. Before I was done I had collected a stack of copies of refereed journal articles about 4 inches high. I studied them all. EIA is a dangerous disease, with a long incubation period. It is at least as sneaky as human HIV (same family of viruses). Ed Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 (406) 381-5527 ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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