It probably has more to do with the fact that they landed at Greenville/Spartanburg, and had to be transported to quarantine barns at Tryon. News sources have been mentioning that their feet did not touch the ground before entering the trailers. Most of the other horses came in to airports with on site quarantine facilities, and then trailered overland to Tryon. GSP is not a âport of entryâ.
Biosecurity manual; https://inside.fei.org/system/files/âŚber%202018.pdf
PAQ Post Arrival Quarantine â this will occur in TIEC Barn 5 exclusively, and in the adjacent PAQ Isolation Stalls.
⢠The arrivals schedule for international horses has been coordinated by Peden Bloodstock GmbH and The Dutta Corporation, who are the Official International Shipping Agents for WEG and are the equine transport logistics managers for international horse movements to and from TIEC for the WEG. In addition, some horses arriving at TIEC will be shipped IRT (International Racehorse Transport).
⢠Full details of shipping arrangements can be found in the Equestrian Freight Manual (available from the FEI website1 ).
⢠International FEI Competition horses flying direct to North Carolina for WEG will arrive at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP). Note that international horses flying to other US airports (New York, Miami and Chicago) will clear PAQ at the port of entry and will move to the venue as Domestic FEI Competition Horses to go through the same entry procedure as horses that are resident in the USA. International horses being imported under CEM-waiver that have cleared PAQ at the port of entry will be monitored by USDA and will be shipped to TIEC in sealed trailers. Details of USDA procedures for international arrivals, including horses under CEMwaiver, can be found in the USDA WEG Arrival SOP.
⢠On arrival at GSP, horses will be unloaded and the required blood samples for PAQ testing (EIA, Equine Piroplasmosis, Dourine and Glanders) will be collected by USDA personnel. Horses will then be transferred to trucks for transport to TIEC under the supervision of USDA personnel. Trucks will be escorted to TIEC by State Police vehicles and USDA.
⢠On arrival at TIEC, trucks will clear security at the venue entry point and then move to the secure PAQ area (Barn 5) where horses will be unloaded under the supervision of Peden Bloodstock personnel and transferred into the relevant âpodâ within PAQ.
⢠Once horses are in the PAQ barn, they become the responsibility of, and are under the jurisdiction of, the USDA team.
⢠Grooms will have access to the pod to assist with settling horses into their stables and assisting with initial clinical examination. Once this is complete, grooms will leave the pod, the pod will be sealed and the 42 h PAQ period begins. Grooms and treating vets will have access to the pod only with the approval of the USDA. Details of USDA procedures for PAQ can be found in the USDA WEG PAQ SOP.
⢠Horses will receive a minimum of four rectal temperature checks during PAQ (the first at initial arrival and then every 12 hours) as specified in the USDA WEG PAQ SOP. Horses will be released from PAQ once the 42 hour period is completed provided they have remained clinically normal and all test results are negative (or, in the case of Piroplasmosis, the PAQ test result matches the horseâs expected Piroplasmosis status). Further details about import testing protocols can be found in the USDA Equine Import testing Protocol2 .
⢠Once released from PAQ, grooms will walk horses across to the FEI Venue Barns under the direction of the Stables Manager. International horses under the CEM-waiver are subject to USDA monitoring (see USDA WEG SOP for monitoring CEM-waiver horses).
