Equine Viral Arteritis
2006 Outbreak Information
An outbreak of equine viral arteritis (EVA) occurred in Quarter Horses in New Mexico and Utah in 2006. The index case for the outbreak was confirmed on June 26, 2006 on an Quarter Horse breeding farm in New Mexico. EVA was subsequently confirmed on premises in six states (Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Alabama); all confirmed cases had epidemiological links to the index premises in New Mexico. The majority of affected premises in the 2006 outbreak occurred in New Mexico and Utah, and the last quarantines in those States related to this outbreak were released in early December 2006.
- The 2006 Multi-State Occurrence of EVA - overview article describing the 2006 outbreak (pdf, paper from the 2006 Annual Meeting of the U.S. Animal Health Association)
- New Mexico Livestock Board EVA Information - additional information on the 2006 outbreak in New Mexico
- Utah Department of Agriculture and Food - press releases regarding the 2006 EVA outbreak
Disease and Disease Management Information
- Veterinary Services brochure - Equine Viral Arteritis: A Manageable Problem
- EVA video / booklet information packet, Equine Viral Arteritis: A Manageable Problem - to request this packet, please send an email to timothy.r.cordes@aphis.usda.gov
- Equine Viral Arteritis Client Information Bulletin by Patrick McCue, Equine Reproduction Laboratory, Colorado State University - current information for horse owners (pdf , November 2006)
- Equine Viral Arteritis: Is the Disease a Cause for Industry Concern? by Dr. Peter Timoney, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky (pdf, 2005)
- Equine Viral Arteritis - Fact Sheet (May, 2002)
- Equine Viral Arteritis and the U.S. Horse Industry (pdf report from the National Animal Health Monitoring System, 2002 )
- Equine Viral Arteritis Uniform Methods & Rules - guidelines for the control of EVA (pdf, USDA, APHIS May 2004)