Infection control

Our clinical sign radar tool allows you to identify a disease from the clinical signs and find out more about the treatment and prevention of each disease.

Jog your memory on the most important exotic and endemic infectious diseases

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Management tools

You can share our biosecurity management tools with horse owners to help them prevent the spread of disease on yards and in relation to transportation.

Share this infographic with clients to help them take the appropriate measures to prevent disease spread when introducing a new horse to a yard.

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To prevent the spread of infection after transporting a horse with known or suspected contagious disease we recommend:

The stable and vehicle is decontaminated as soon as possible.
Do not use the stable or vehicle for other horses until decontamination has been completed.

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Share this infographic with clients to help them act appropriately if their horse is exposed to a sick horse at an equestrian event.

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Preparedness tools

These preparedness tools will help you to manage cases from the moment there is suspicion or increased risk of an infectious disease.

Use this Equine Veterinary Transfer Form when transferring care of a horse at an competition event or gathering to ensure all clinical information is passed on to those taking over.

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This tool helps vets and owners achieve a consensus on a management plan in the face of an EHV-1 outbreak on a premises.

A consensus on monitoring and testing should be reached between all parties involved.

For successful EHV management, all horses on the property must be assessed as if they are potentially infected animals.

EHV consensus building tool

Regulators and authorities

Quickly access information from regulators and authorities on disease outbreaks, prevention and control.

These codes set out voluntary recommendations to help breeders, in conjunction with their veterinary surgeons, prevent and control specific diseases in all breeds of horse and pony.

HBLB International Codes of Practice

These codes outline procedures that should be followed by trainers, in conjunction with their veterinary surgeons, should an outbreak of infectious disease occur in a training yard.

NTF Code of Practice

These advice notes have been prepared by a group of volunteers with expertise in equine medicine and infectious diseases. They are based on the current best evidence and will be regularly reviewed and up-dated as necessary in the future.

BE Advice Notes

Based on the principle of ‘reducing risk together’, the latest handbook follows on from the comprehensive guide for reducing spread of disease, released in September 2021 by the Equine Infectious Disease Advisory Group (EIDAG).