I’m sad because I was planning on doing the Big Ottawa National dressage show there in May. I’m not sure it will happen now 
I hope it does. I’ve heard it’s a really fun weekend and I’m supposed to scribe there this year.
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I’ve heard the same, I was so disappointed last year to miss it! Fingers crossed for this year! Hope to see you there!
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Is there a site where EHV cases are recorded for Ontario/Canada? I have heard of a couple barns with cases and I am finding zero info on them. I checked the OMAFARA website but I can’t seem to find anything. I’ve just heard through word of mouth and would like some verification from an actual source.
OMAFRA has their 2021 surveillance up (finally): http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/horses/facts/nhd_surv2021.htm
Alerts are sent to 2 places, per OMAFRA:
OAHN: https://www.oahn.ca/news-post/
Equine Disease Communication Centre: https://www.equinediseasecc.org/alerts
None of these list the actual barn, just the area. The barn names that are known are because they are posting publicly.
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Are these new or the cases already reported here in the thread?
The ones in Halton, Peel and Niagara have already been reported here. Have not heard of one in Dufferin before
No, 2 places in addition to the ones that have already come out. One barn has posted on their facebook, the other I had heard about hasn’t posted anything. I was hoping to find something official to make sure it isn’t just a bad rumour.
They posted on their FB? Can you share the link?
Another barn in Lyndsay has a Neuro Case of EHV.
RCRA still ran their show this past weekend, heard it ran well. Shows will continue to run. I see Equine Canada strongly RECOMMENDS the shot for EHV, but why not make it mandatory? It’s a shot I’ve always done, not sure why you wouldn’t, but then again, it doesn’t save you for the Neuro strain sadly.
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Influenza and EHV 1& 4 vaccinations are required to compete in EC sanctioned competitions. They have to be administered within 6 months (21 day grace period), and can’t be administered within 7 days of arrival at an event.
If a horse can’t receive the vaccine they need a letter from a vet.
From my understanding from what EC posted, it didn’t look mandatory, but maybe that was more aimed towards the non-sanctioned shows.
My horse is on this property, although at a different barn (property has 2 separate barns/arenas/paddocks so we have no interaction with the affected barn). We used to share riding facilities for those who wanted, pre-pandemic, however since the Covid shutdown last spring we have been completely separated. We don’t share any fencelines either.
The two barns coordinated very quickly and shut down both facilities immediately upon suspicion of the case. The affected horse was removed and is isolated at a nearby hospital so when confirmed results were received, the property was already closed and biosecurity procedures in place.
Because the barn where my horse is has no interaction, we are hopeful that we will be allowed to reopen sooner with vet clearance. The vet assigned to us has said that after 7 days of no fevers or other symptoms, that we will be re-evaluated. Currently all horses are being temp checked twice daily and are normal.
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It’s definitely mandatory for competition. It came into effect last year.
See page 25-26.
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Except that there’s no enforcement. Competitions MAY ask for documentation, and they MAY remove a horse who isn’t compliant - not MUST. So, you’ll be relying on show management to choose to validate documentation, and then actually take action (makes more sense to me to check before and then just deny entry to those who don’t have it or a vet exemption).
I’m not sure why EC doesn’t make it a requirement to renew the sport license each year, since it’s already an annual renewal process. No vaccines/vet exemption, no sport license.
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What barn is this? Ugh getting close 
Field Of Dreams Farm, they say the gelding has been swabbed and it is not Neurological. They thought it was.
Could be a false negative. Scary regardless.
