Neighbor's horse had positive coggin's test.

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Comment by Julia on June 24, 2009 at 8:35am

This is great to hear! Now go out and enjoy a good ride

Comment by Rebecca on June 18, 2009 at 4:46pm

Shiloh's test came back negative!!!!!!! My baby is fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Rebecca on June 18, 2009 at 4:41pm

I don't know where the horse was before he came here. We live on Plum Grove, which is where the horse was for 3 months before they put him down on April 15th.

Comment by Danielle Nixon on June 17, 2009 at 2:58pm

I would like to know the location of the pos. horse. During the hurrican I rode all over Splendora. & my horse gets tested in August.

Comment by Rebecca on June 14, 2009 at 12:30pm

there is no vaccine against EIA. I am not sure exactly where this lady lives, all I know is she owns the feed barn that just opened not too long ago by Archie's. I wouldn't worry about getting your horse tested. It is really, really hard to transmit. I would make sure that when horses are due for their coggin's tests, you do them. You don't even have to have a current coggin's on a horse unless they are going to be boarded, transported or sold.

I have never heard of ivermectine poisoning. I didn't know it was possible. Have you googled it?

Comment by Barbara Berg on June 14, 2009 at 8:57am

wow, my horse was in splendora, he is now in cleveland. whats the street in splendora where this horse was? and is there a vacine to gaurd against it? my horse was tested neg in oct 08. should i get another before he is due?
has anyone heard of ivermectine piosoning?

Comment by Rebecca on June 3, 2009 at 10:25pm

See, this is where I get kind of confused. The TAHC told me that mixed results were possible and happened more than I cared to know.

Shiloh is quarantined because of exposure to EIA, according to the paper from the state. They will test him on June 15, and I will be told what I can/cannot do with my horse, according to the lady that came out from the TAHC. I didn't like her at all. She was very rude and acted like we were taking up her time. I was like, Uhmmm, you do know that MY horse had a beg coggin's when I brought him to this property and every year since, right?

You are right, the horses are like our kids. I have been offered way more money than he will ever be worth for him by some of the people who have lived around me and some that just drove down the road a time or two. My husband still gives me that crazy look when I tell someone no. He thinks I can just go buy another horse, but it isn't like that. I didn't buy him to make money, I bought him for pleasure, and so far, he hasn't let me down at all. I broke him and we are still in training. The only other people to ride him have been my 3 kids, hubby and my brother. He has been amazing. I have been on more experienced horses that aren't 1/2 of what he is. I know, everyone thinks the same thing about their horse, much like some people feel about thier kids. :-)

Sorry, I didn't mean to get on my soapdish there and just keep on going. I just get so caught up in talking about him. Thank you for the kind words. I am thinking I need to call the TAHC office tomorrow and see what the more experienced people might tell me about my horse having a hold on him for 90 days.

Comment by Sherry on June 3, 2009 at 6:20am

We had our horse boarded at a "friend's" and had no idea she did not test her horses. She worked for the county rounding up stray cattle/horses when needed and was OFTEN in the bug filled swamps.
Her work horse had been sick for sometime and had been to the Vet over a course of mos-seemed a cough that would not go away. Then he started dropping weight like water. At that point the very sick horse was tested and he was put down.
EIA is actually very difficult to transmit-thankfully-and our horse was tested out fine,as did every other horse out there who had been living with him for at least 6 mos of his illness.. The AGID test for EIA is very foolproof and false positives not an issue-so I am not understanding this at all. Talk to your Vet-the man down the road may be wrong.
NOW like a pregnancy test-it is always right when it is positive..but not always with a negative.
Why is your horse quarantined for 90 days? Our horse had to be tested immediately and we had our results in hours from the state. We were not quarentined after the test at all by the state. Now prior to that yes-only allowed off site to go to Vet to test. Did the STATE tell you-that you were quarentined?
Bottom line is it is very difficult to pass or we would be up to our elbows in positive horses-so try to take that into account as well. I know it is scary but you have had your horse tested.
The disease is very slow growing and that is why the Coggins test is only required annually.
One fact is true-we all need to keep up with testing-it is our only control over the disease.
You hang in there-I am thinking one linited exposre would be very small risk-but we all worry..horses are our kids.

Comment by Rebecca on June 2, 2009 at 8:06pm

Both of the first 2 tests came back neg. Apparently, there is a possibility of EIA not showing up for up to 60 or 90 days to the last exposure, so they have to retest thier other horse. From what I understand, once the TAHC, Texas Animal Health Commision, gets involved, there isn't much you can do, except follow what they say, which for me means being stuck here for the next month and a half.

Comment by Julia on June 2, 2009 at 7:43pm

Hang in there! Did the first and second test both come back pos or were they different? Maybe between the 2 of us we can find somemore information on this, see if others have had this happen....maybe some of our friends here will help us out.....have faith Rebecca, it is a amazing thing.....
I understand you wanting to move, sometimes I feel the same way!

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