Dourine in Italy--extra checks on horses entering UK

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Thanks for the heads up Cuffey.

Good that DEFRA are paying attention, but nothing much will change. How are they going to police this with the TPA still in place, and next to no port checks?
 
The blog title says it all

''It Can’t Happen Here” Horse Disease Jumps Continents''

It begs the question where are some of the Italian dealers importing horses from!!
 
there are trucks coming in from Spain loaded with PRE's, Holland with Friesians, and your normal loads hauled down from the eastern block countries bound for the meat trade. Some of the dealers have regular loads from the above countries and advertise the fact on line. Down south we now have the dealers importing supposed Gypsy Vanners/Tinkers/Irish Cobs which are in reality, coloured bog standard hairy and poorly put together things that would go for very little in GB (where I think they originate:() Then we have the little ponies who are all advertised as Falabellas and cost 600 to 1,200 euros. If female, they will be in foal, if male, they will be entire but suitable for children. Will have a hunt for some ads.
 
Fairynuff said:
there are trucks coming in from Spain loaded with PRE's, Holland with Friesians, and your normal loads hauled down from the eastern block countries bound for the meat trade. Some of the dealers have regular loads from the above countries and advertise the fact on line. Down south we now have the dealers importing supposed Gypsy Vanners/Tinkers/Irish Cobs which are in reality, coloured bog standard hairy and poorly put together things that would go for very little in GB (where I think they originate:() Then we have the little ponies who are all advertised as Falabellas and cost 600 to 1,200 euros. If female, they will be in foal, if male, they will be entire but suitable for children. Will have a hunt for some ads.
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Your are correct.

I have informed both DEFRA and Haras Nationaux that a lorry is bringing in horses from Spain each week to the biggest horse abbatoir in France - some of these horses are available for 'rescue'.

I don't have an issue with French Horse Rescue there are a lot of nice French Trotters and light draught horses available at reasonable prices. What should concern us is the passports. One Transporter I know has many tales to tell - asking to collect horses whose passport could be 2 hands out!!!

All horses in France now have to have m/chips so new applications should be treated with suspicion and certainly flagged. The biggest problem in mainland Europe is the lack of border controls. A horse can be shipped from Italy to a farm in Normandy and unless there is an inspection who is to know?
 
Sportznight said:
This is old news and the least likely disease to be imported, though not impossible. It's WNV, EIA, AHS and Piroplasmosis that are more of a threat. Our shores are far from safe :(
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Not sure how an outbreak first reported to OIE on 14th June 11 is old news with more cases reported on 22nd June but........

Totally agree with you about the threat of WNV, EIA and Piroplasmosis, I dread the thought of AHS.
WNV easily imported with migrating birds and probably the hardest to prevent but at least we can vaccinate our horses.

We really do not have a 'grip' on the trading which is going on
Our coloured cobs going to Europe and lorries coming back with...........

Stewarding at our RC recently I asked a lady where her new horse was from--Lithuania
 
Sportznight said:
14th June? I'm sure I had an email at work about this before the breeding season started, so sometime in Jan I think. If I remember next time I'm in the office, I'll look - I could of course have lost the plot :D
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If you go back to Cuffey's first post, and click on the first link, you'll see the current official disease report with dates. :)
 
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