Veterinarian emphasizes the importance of Coggins testing

Veterinarian emphasizes the importance of Coggins testing

A Wisconsin state veterinarian is urging the owners of horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, and ponies to step up fly control, equipment sterilization, and Coggins testing after two related cases of Equine Infectious Anemia were found last week. Dr. Julie McGuinn says, “Those people that say, ‘Why do we have to do this test every year because it’s always negative?’ It’s not always negative, unfortunately?”

Dr. Julie McGuinn tells Brownfield a horse and a mule in the same Taylor County pasture tested positive for EIA. 

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