TWO HORSES in Pulaski
The two horses were diagnosed after blood was submitted to the Wytheville Regional Animal Health Laboratory by the owner's veterinarian to try to identify the cause of unexplained weight loss. In 1994 and 1998 both horses' Coggins tests were negative, but since then they had not been tested. One horse was 25 years old and the other one was 31 and they had been pastured together. The owners euthanized the horses to eliminate them as sources of infection.
Veterinarians with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services immediately began taking blood samples from horses within a one-mile radius of the infected horses. Seven horses have been tested and results are pending.
VDACA urges horse owners in all parts of the state to test their horses routinely for the presence of EIA. The virus is spread from infected to healthy horses by flies or contaminated instruments such as hypodermic needles. It is not spread by direct horse-to-horse contact. Symptoms include intermittent fever, depression, progressive weakness, weight loss, edema and anemia. Owners can keep their stock from becoming infected by buying animals only after they have been tested and found to be free of any evidence of the disease. Owners should not take their horses to any event such as shows, sales, race track, or trail rides, unless prior testing is required for all horses.
"These horses prove that this disease is still present in the state even though the number of new cases annually is small," said Dr. Richard L. Wilkes, state veterinarian and director of VDACS Division of Animal and Food Industry Services. "Horse owners can help control the spread of the disease by getting a Coggins test annually even if they are not traveling with their animals."
Notes:The first Woodpecker Farm Tuesday Evening Hunter show was canceled because of rain. The next show is July 11.
SHOW RESULTS
Leadline champion: Aynsley Lohr; reserve: Vance Kocsis.
Pre short stirrup champion: Katherine Rosenberg; reserve: Bryan Ramey.
Walk/trot champion: LM Flashy Star, r/Rachel Gravitt, o/Nadine Blackford; reserve: The Diva, r/Shauna Prasse, o/Paradocs Farm.
Short stirrup equitation champion: Charlotte Hoberg; reserve: Janie Cardwell.
Short stirrup hunter champion: All Wrapped Up in Ivy, r/Jenna Blackford, o/N. Blackford; reserve-Sugar Crispie, r/Dalton Cooke, o/AHF.
Pony pleasure champion: Go Figure, r/Jillian Myer, o/AHF; reserve: Free Falling, r/Sarah Doble, o/AHF.
Junior pleasure champion: John W. Docy, r/Robin Garner, o/Kim Mayo; reserve-Painted With Magic, r/ Shannon Everett, o/Patti Carter.
Adult pleasure champion: Heir Apparent, r/K. Mayo, o/Holly Tarrh; reserve: LM Flashy Star, r/R. Gravitt, o/N. Blackford.
Student champion: Molly Lumsden; reserve: Megan Seifert.
Pony champion: Go Figure, r/Brooke Leisling, o/AHF; reserve: A Mocha Moment, o/r Ashleigh Ramey.
Maiden champion: Bligh's Classic Mover, o/r Emily Goodwin; reserve: Caston Crystal, r/Elise Lewyyckyj o/AHF.
Low champion: Kitti's Karisma, r/B. Leisling, o/S. Doble; reserve: Miss Minnie Mouse, o/r Kelly Daub.
Green champion-Just Darlin, r/B. Leisling, o/AHF; reserve-Kitti's KArisma, r/B. Leisling, o/S. Doble.
Childrens equitation champion: Brooke Leisling; reserve: Ashleigh Ramey.
Childrens hunter champion: Bold Liberty, o/r A. Ramey; reserve: Kitti's Karisma, r/B. Leisling, o/S. Doble.
Working champion: Bold Liberty, o/r A. Ramey; reserve: Kitti's Karsima, r/B. Leisling, o/ S. Doble.
CalendarJune 28-July 2: Warrenton
June 30: Lake of the Woods Fun show, 4 p.m.
June 30-July 1: Gaited Horses, VHC
June 30-July 2: Paso Finos, VHC; Peruvians, VHC
July 1: Oak View; Fireworks Summer Spectacular Hunter show, VHSA at Rose Mount; Southwest VADA at Green Hill; Waradaca HT; Elysian Hills HT
July 1-3: Fireworks AQHA show at Rose Mount
July 2: Waradaca HT
July 4: Keswick/Oakland Heights show
July 5: Stillmeadow; Picturesque; Hazelwild jumper show
July 5-9: Showday National
July 6-9: Arabian Horse Association Region 15 championships at VHC
July 7: Lake of the Woods
July 8: Fox Chase; Warrenton hunter series; Coventry; Nokesville Park hunter show; James River; Fair Hill International HT; Touch Point CT;
July 9: Quad J; PWHA hunters; Oakland Heights; Kelly's Ford CT; Silver Star Pleasure show
July 11: Woodpecker Farm Tuesday evening hunter show
July 11-12: House Mountain
July 12: Picturesque; Stillmeadow; Touch Point Fun show
July 12-16: Cavalier Classic
July 14: Lake of the Woods
July 14-16: Dressage at Lexington
July 15: TWA at EKG; Oak Hill; CDCTA Compass Rose
July 15-16: Va Regional Pony Club B testing, Morven Park
July 16: Dressage at Bayberry Riding Center; Carter Oaks; VADA/NOVA Compass Rose; PWHA Western
July 18: Woodpecker Farm evening hunter show; TWA evening jumpers
July 19: Picturesque
July 19-22: Rockbridge Regional Fair Paso Finos at VHC
July 20: Oakland Heights
July 21-23: East Coast Cutting horses at VHC; MDQHA A show
July 22: Back to Basics; Hunter Lane; Summerplace; TWA/CHSA at Rose Mount
July 22-23: Fox Chase; USDF Region I Youth Team Championships, Morven Park
July 23: TWA/Short Circuit at Rose Mount; Lake of the Woods; Kelly's Ford; VAHA District 6 show at Wakefield; Back to Basics Western
July 25: Woodpecker Farm evening hunter show
July 26: Picturesque; Touch Point Fun Show; Hazelwild jumper show
July 27-29: US Pony Club Championships, Morven Park
July 28-30: Rose Mount Summer A show
July 29: TWA Short Circuit at Cedar Run
July 29-30: Morven Park Summer Dressage Classic
July 30: Hazelwild; Summerduck
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