in today's video we're going to talk about equine infectious anemia also
known as a Coggins test today we have dr. Leah Reed from the Animal Medical
Center and she's going to talk about the importance of your horse getting an
annual Coggins test if you're new here my name is brandi and this channel is
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turn on notifications so you don't miss anything so I'm here with dr. Leah Reed
from the Animal Medical Center can you explain to me what is a Coggins test
yeah good question good question so a Condon's test is testing for equine
infectious anemia and this is the disease it's caused by a virus that's
transmitted through blood sucking mosquitos and I think it can you know
other other blood sucking insects it is not contagious from horse to horse
unless there's a mosquito that wants to bite neighboring horses so it can't be
you know horse sneezes or anything like that it is disease that we have no
specific treatment for we have no vaccine for equine infectious anemia and
the only way that we can find horses is by testing them that's really the only
way that we can contain this disease is testing for it and any horses that are
positive go get to live in a special little area away from other horses
because I don't want to put other horses at risk okay okay and how often how
often should horses be tested for this at least annually and the comments form
because it's a legal document and it's often Coggins is redrawn if a horse
changes ownership because it's it can be proof of ownership okay there's there's
other reasons to use the form because it's kind of a legal document okay but
at least annually there is you know if you're going to be traveling with your
horses and you need to make sure that you have a Coggins up to date you need
to check with your state you live in you're traveling from state to state and
requirements may change sometimes a Coggins is good from the date it was
drawn to the data was drawn other times it's good from a calendar year okay so
okay well in my experience with all the horse shows and stuff that we've
traveled to we need to have a current Coggins for that particular year and
there's also a lot of boarding facilities and such that require the
current calendar year even if you just had your Coggins drawn four months ago
you still need to have it redone if it's a new year and some people actually I
found require them every six months ultimately if your horse is positive
yeah I've heard that there was about a like a five mile radius or something
like that for for transmission now does the horse end up with any symptoms or
anything like that or is it strictly like the only way to find out is through
blood tests yeah so if a horse is positive and we don't know it and they
the the virus ends up causing this you know specific disease then ultimately
what's going to happen in you fever you know are addictive process they're not
going to be eating but the key is that it's equine infectious anemia okay this
is a virus that is going to ultimately reside they're not going to any blood
okay so that's part of why they get kind of
you know you don't want to eat think about donating blood blood in your kind
of oh you know it's kind of that kind of that same feeling okay is there any kind
of medication that can help them with the with the disease at all or just they
are how they are if they're if they're positive and symptomatic supportive care
okay
fluid therapy but really there's no specific treatment that will fix the
disease kill the wires and make the part okay interesting okay well thank you dr.
Leah Reid don't forget to comment below and let me know if you've had any
experience with equine infectious anemia thanks so much for watching bye