WASHINGTON UPDATE

To: AHC Organizations

Date: June 11, 2009 

CEM OUTBREAK UPDATE – AHC LETTER TO SECRETARY VILSACK – MEXICO RESTRICTIONS 

CEM Outbreak Update

In December 2008, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture announced that a quarter horse stallion tested positive for Contagious Equine Metritis (CEM) during routine testing for international semen shipment. Since this discovery a full epidemiological investigation has been underway to locate, test and quarantine any potentially exposed horses. An exposed horse is one that was bred to a positive horse, either naturally or via artificial insemination