Traveling with your horse?

1. State by State Requirements
2. Canadian Requirements
3. What to take with you ~ sugestions

AAEP Adult horse Vaccination recommendations "PDF"

May 4, 2010 - Intervet Schering-Plough has announced an urgent recall of all serial numbers of PreveNile® West Nile Virus vaccine for horses due to an increased number of adverse event reports associated with the use of these vaccines.

The recalled serial numbers include one-dose and five-dose vials of the vaccine. A list of the recalled lot numbers is available on the American Veterinary Medical Association's website at http://www.avma.org/news/wnv_vaccine_recall.asp?utm_source=animal-health-alerts&utm_medium=email
Veterinarians with any of the affected serial numbers in stock should contact their distributor to arrange for the product's return. Horse owners with questions should contact their vet.

Rules Relating to NAIS on Hold

On March 18th and 19th, USDA-APHIS (United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) held a Forum on Animal Disease Traceability with State and Tribal animal health officials to discuss the new framework for animal disease traceability.  Approximately 120 State and Tribal representatives attended the forum.
During these discussions, USDA announced the State and Tribe Working Group (STWG) will provide input on the traceability performance standards, protocols for evaluating tracing capability, and compliance factors.
USDA also stated it will publish a new animal disease traceability section in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), which will only apply to interstate movement of livestock.  Within the regulatory changes, USDA plans to consolidate ID regulations for disease programs under the new traceability section, define traceability performance standards, and require official ID for livestock in interstate movement.
The STWG is scheduled to complete the content of the proposed rule in June 2010, and USDA plans to publish the proposed rule next winter.  There will be a 90-day public comment period, and the final rule is anticipated to be signed and published during the second quarter of 2011.  A compliance date to allow States, Tribes, and producers time to comply could be set some period (six to twelve months) after the final rule is published in the Federal Register.
All of the above information and additional documentation relating to the discussions and materials from the Forum on Animal Disease are posted on the USDA-APHIS website (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/traceability/forum/index.shtml).
The level of involvement and the implications for the equine industry are difficult to determine at this point in the process.  It should be noted that the focus of the discussions regarding the new framework for animal disease traceability centered on food livestock, and there was no specific breakout discussions on the equine industry.
The ESWG (Equine Species Working Group) submitted recommendations in 2006 pertaining to the former NAIS (National Animal Identification System) program, and those recommendations remain in effect pending any further developments on the new Animal Disease Traceability Program.
We will continue to follow any and all developments on the new Animal Disease Traceability Program, and we will continue to evaluate its costs and benefits to the equine industry as more information comes available.