Must notify BOAH within 14 days of final test results if the positive animal will be isolated, shipped to slaughter, or euthanized. Contact BOAH s Equine Division for more information. Three EIA-positive horses have been identified in Shelby County. All were sent to slaughter. To date, traceback work on 130 animals has proven negative.
Further testing is scheduled for the coming weeks.
Both states health departments are monitoring birds and mosquitoes for the virus. All Indiana surveillance is negative, indicating infected birds may have migrated from Michigan. Yellow copies of health certificates will no longer be mailed back to the clinics. A new database to track volunteers and donated resources in case of a disaster should be ready by January. The system will allow easy, timely accessing information during an emergency.