Swamp Fever confirmed in Cornwall

[TGM]

Scary.

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/314333.html

 

[Ginger_2002]

oh god sounds terrible

 

[jrp204]

Its scary. The trouble is down here we have very mild winters with midges often still being around in December which makes the risk of spreading so much higher.
Not sure if the infected horse had been imported??

 

[joeanne]

Yes, I am still using fly repellent.....There are a derth of bot flies this year too. Many more than I used to see up country.

 

[mtj]

BBC state that the horse was imported from Belgium 5 years ago. Authorities now trying to trace its movement within UK.

 

[firm]

The horses in 2010 with swamp fever in Devon - were they from Belgium and imported two years previously. I wondering if there is a link? I can't find though the info on those cases.

 

[joeanne]

The horses in 2010 with swamp fever in Devon - were they from Belgium and imported two years previously. I wondering if there is a link? I can't find though the info on those cases.

No....that was Wiltshire.
On a dealers yard. Dealer in question imports horses regularly from Belgium and France.
In fact I think an HHO'er had bought a horse from him at around that time, and had a few sleepless nights over it.

 

[firm]

There was the one in Wiltshire in Jan 2010 but there was a case in Devon later in that year.

http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Owners-alert-horse-gets-swamp-flu/story-11415195-detail/story.html

 

[mastermax]

Does anyone know yet where abouts in Cornwall. Scary times for all concerned and those nearby.

 

[Queenbee]

very scary

 

[joeanne]

Have just been told its in Lanlivery.
FAR too close for comfort for us!!

 

[Piglet]

Is anyone allowed to say where it is to at least put local horse owners at ease or on alert?

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

Feel so sorry for all you Cornwall peep's. This must be awful for all of you.

My traddie boy has sweet itch, and because of this has to wear a SI rug; so....... (brain working), IF this is a disease which is (in the main) caused by biting insects, then presumably using a SI hoody & mask etc would help a great deal in making sure the horse didn't get bitten in the first place????

We've also had a really bad year for horseflies (which apparently also carry it in their bites): I can't ever remember a year quite like it for the s@dding things, so maybe that's an issue as well as?

 

[Vizslak]

ive never known a year like it for horseflies either, even the dogs have been eaten alive out walking this year, I dont recall EVER having seen a horsefly bite a dog before this season

 

[OLDGREYMARE]

A cornish horse has died this week from atypical myopathy

 

[Christsam]

Apparently the horse was imported from Belgium 5 years ago. Have a feeling i know where the place is.