Cuffey
Well-Known Member
I struggled to read this 24 page document:
In South Africa the life of a horse with AHS will be fought for--fair enough they have a background of vaccination but even vaccinated horses get sick.
A new privately produced 'killed' AHS vaccine is available in SA and Namibia but is not registered and not approved by SAEVA the SA equivalent of BEVA, although those trialling it seem happy to use it and so far it has kept their horses safe.
I just hope that a vaccine, other than the outdated OBP live vaccine is available to our horses before AHS arrives in the EU/UK.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2629/pdfs/uksi_20122629_en.pdf
The African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012
Made - - - - 15th October 2012
Laid before Parliament 19th October 2012
Coming into force - - 21st November 2012
Scotland, Wales and NI will have their own similar regulations
There will be no compensation for any infected horse and up to £2500 if your horse is destroyed to prevent spread of AHS but is not infected.
Extract
Killing horses on infected premises and contact premises and disposal of carcases
12.(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to horses
(a) on suspect premises that are contact premises,
(b) on infected premises.
(2) The Secretary of State may arrange for the killing of all horses which are infected with
African horse sickness virus or which present clinical signs of African horse sickness.
(3) If any horse is killed under paragraph (2) the Secretary of State
(a) must arrange for the disposal of its carcase, and
(b) may arrange for the disposal of the carcase of any other horse that has died on those
premises.
(4) The Secretary of State must ensure that any such disposal is carried out in such a way as to
avoid the risk of spread of African horse sickness virus.
Explanatory Memorandum
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2629/pdfs/uksiem_20122629_en.pdf
Impact Assessment
http://www.ialibrary.bis.gov.uk/uploaded/DEFRA0113 AHS Final IA.pdf
In South Africa the life of a horse with AHS will be fought for--fair enough they have a background of vaccination but even vaccinated horses get sick.
A new privately produced 'killed' AHS vaccine is available in SA and Namibia but is not registered and not approved by SAEVA the SA equivalent of BEVA, although those trialling it seem happy to use it and so far it has kept their horses safe.
I just hope that a vaccine, other than the outdated OBP live vaccine is available to our horses before AHS arrives in the EU/UK.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2629/pdfs/uksi_20122629_en.pdf
The African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012
Made - - - - 15th October 2012
Laid before Parliament 19th October 2012
Coming into force - - 21st November 2012
Scotland, Wales and NI will have their own similar regulations
There will be no compensation for any infected horse and up to £2500 if your horse is destroyed to prevent spread of AHS but is not infected.
Extract
Killing horses on infected premises and contact premises and disposal of carcases
12.(1) Paragraph (2) applies in relation to horses
(a) on suspect premises that are contact premises,
(b) on infected premises.
(2) The Secretary of State may arrange for the killing of all horses which are infected with
African horse sickness virus or which present clinical signs of African horse sickness.
(3) If any horse is killed under paragraph (2) the Secretary of State
(a) must arrange for the disposal of its carcase, and
(b) may arrange for the disposal of the carcase of any other horse that has died on those
premises.
(4) The Secretary of State must ensure that any such disposal is carried out in such a way as to
avoid the risk of spread of African horse sickness virus.
Explanatory Memorandum
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2629/pdfs/uksiem_20122629_en.pdf
Impact Assessment
http://www.ialibrary.bis.gov.uk/uploaded/DEFRA0113 AHS Final IA.pdf
