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kim burnett
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Username: Mother
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003 - 11:07 am: |   |
I have a stallion from mexico that has tested positive for the titer . but his smears are neg twice .
I am very worried that I may be going to have him tacken from me he is not clinical and he is in great helth . he lost weight during the breeding season and the trainer sugested I test him for this . he was being vendictive I can not explain all to long a story but I did not know what I was testing for and it seems that their are many horses with this titer thing and I need to know what is an except titer in canada and usa |
Cheryl Anderson
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Username: Canderso
Post Number: 191
Registered: 3-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003 - 5:19 pm: | |
Kim, I am so sorry you have found this result.
The actual source of regulation in Canada around this issue would be the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. If you are in Canada, go to your local CFIA office or you can go on the web to: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml.
You can do a search on Piroplasmosis and find a number of documents.
A few months ago I was told that Doctor Debbie Barr is responsible for regulations around horse imports into Canada; she might be a good person to try to talk to. If you go onto the government phone director (http://direct.srv.gc.ca/cgi-bin/direct500/HE) and do a search for her, you will see her phone number.
Good luck. |
kim burnett
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Username: Mother
Post Number: 2
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003 - 6:56 pm: | |
update
As of 4pm my beutiful horse has been found negitive on all samples done three times. I am so relieved but also alittle worse for ware.
I think this could be a good lession to trust the system and beleive in god.
This whole process lasted one and a half months.
thank god it is over .
The most important lession I have learned from this is to always get the correct blood work when bring a horse in to the country of canada and the USA. |
