by DAVE PINK
Horses from the American state of New Mexico are, effectively immediately, no longer welcome in Canada.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) made the ruling this week after of an outbreak of vesicular stomatitis among horses in New Mexico. Because the disease can spread to other animals such as cattle, sheep and swine the agency decided it couldn’t take the risk of allowing any suspected carriers of the disease into Canada.
Vesicular stomatitis is a viral disease that can affect horses, livestock and other animals such as deer and llamas, according to a CFIA news release. It can also cause influenza-like symptoms in people who come into contact with infected animals. Protective clothing should be worn when handling suspect animals to help prevent exposure to the virus.
Canada is currently free of vesicular stomatitis. It was last diagnosed in Canada in 1949.
The CFIA fears that an outbreak of vesicular stomatitis in Canada could result in a loss of markets for live animals, meat and animal genetics.
While horses originating from the state of New Mexico will not be permitted to enter Canada, Canadian horses returning from New Mexico will be allowed entry into Canada if some additional import requirements are met. In addition, all horses entering Canada from the United States must be accompanied by official U.S. documents certifying that they have not been in New Mexico within the previous 21 days. BF
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Hope the kill buyers won't lie on the documents like they do on the drug records, good luck Canada. All horses should be restricted unless they're tested.
I know that farmers like to profit off livestock as a way of life in any country and is so tough know however if you say the sickness in the horses, the lies and forgery in the documents, the stolen horses and BLM with their brands cut off, you would wonder is this worth it? The horses sent to Canada to be slaughtered are a mix of any disease from anywhere with forged papers. If Canada turns away a horse because it is beaten and so sick, the trucker takes it back and either turns it out to spread more disease or shoots it in a ditch near cattle grazing. The horse never gets reported as a reject or diseased. Basically you can check the export figures and ask where are the undocuments or rejected horses? I just think that the Eurpean market is turning down to expensive meals and horse meat may become an old expensive habit. The Belgium corporations will try and reduce the prices so that the slaughter houses will "beef" up their volume until China steps in , builds their own and sells their own meat. You do not have any idea of the drugs in these horses, in fact no one does if the killer buyers buy them at a sale. Do you think anyone will say"Oh yeah my old horse is loaded with Bute, parasites, stomachitis and I forgpt it has Equine Enceaphalitis EEE ..plus rabies" but don't worry it's going to Canada for food......yeah a little passport is going to make a liar an honest man...
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