Update from EIDS 12th February 2025

Just to let you know that the Equine Quarterly Disease Surveillance Report Q4 2024 was circulated earlier this morning and has been uploaded on to our website.  A link to the report can be found here: https://equinesurveillance.org/landing/resources/reports/dsr20244.pdf

We will be promoting the report via social media today (Wednesday 12 February 2025); would you possibly be able to share this via your social media? If so, that would be very much appreciated.

Highlights in the Q4 2024 report include:

NEWS: Bird flu virus infections in horses: heeding some scientific caution with recent findings of antibodies in a small number of horses in Mongolia

NEWS: EIDS launch a new UK equine post-mortem examination surveillance database

NEWS: Equine Industries Committee: update from Defra on African Horse Sickness and reducing livestock disease risks from moving horses internationally

NEWS: Extra precautions needed in moving horses from mainland Europe: reducing infectious disease risks for livestock species in the UK

FOCUS: The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) International Codes of Practice: responding to the challenge of emerging threats to the horse breeding industry since 1977

If you could look out for this and share that would be great, we will be circulating via:

Professionally related Twitter/(X) handle(s) https://twitter.com/EIDS_Cambridge

Professionally related Facebook address https://www.facebook.com/EquineInfectiousDiseaseSurveillance/

Professionally related Instagram address https://www.instagram.com/_eids_/

Professionally related LinkedIn address  https://www.linkedin.com/company/equineinfectiousdiseasesurveillance