Equine infectious anemia has important similarities and differences to AIDS infection.

The horses are monitored for diseases such as equine infectious anemia, an outbreak of which was discovered and subsequently eliminated on Shackleford in 1996.

Another push for removal and slaughter began in 2009, but horses cannot be currently removed from the area because a number of animals carry equine infectious anemia.

Import from the United States to Mexico requires evidence within the prior 45 days of freedom from equine infectious anemia, among other requirements.

Horses that test positive for equine infectious anemia, that are quarantined for life rather than euthasized, will be freeze branded for permanent identification.

Some experts and UK government officials have raised concerns that horse meat from Romania could be contaminated with equine infectious anemia (EIA).

The Coggins test (agar immunodiffusion) is a sensitive diagnostic test for equine infectious anemia developed by Dr. Leroy Coggins in the 1970s.

This certificate, authorized by a veterinarian, certifies that the horse has been tested with a recent period of time and does not have an incurable disease called equine infectious anemia (EIA).

On November 12, 1996, the Shackleford horses were rounded up by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture's Veterinary Division and tested for equine infectious anemia (EIA).

Equine infectious anemia or equine infectious anaemia (EIA), also known by horsemen as swamp fever, is a horse disease caused by a retrovirus and transmitted by bloodsucking insects.

There are options to choose from between lentiviral vectors, though, and many popular lentiviral vectors have either a human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) or equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV).

The human version of TRIM5α does not target HIV-1, but can inhibit strains of the murine leukemia virus (MLV) as well as equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV).

Oxford Biomedica, a British biotechnology company, and Dr. John C. Olsen of the University of North Carolina are separately developing vectors based on equine infectious anemia virus, which causes a disease in horses.

Today the scourge, equine infectious anemia, has disappeared in China, controlled by a vaccine developed during the 70's by Dr. R.X. Shen, at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in Harbin, China.

Mr. Harrington also pointed out that the state was attempting to get some equine legislation passed, including a bill that would require horses brought into the state or entered in horse shows to be tested for equine infectious anemia, a virulent disease.

Agriculture LEGISLATION ENACTED Will require the State Commissioner of Agriculture to order the 60-day quarantine of animals that show symptoms of equine infectious anemia, known as swamp fever.

APHIS in late 2004 had UM&Rs posted on bovine tuberculosis eradication, brucellosis, brucellosis in cervidae, equine infectious anemia, pseudorabies eradication, swine brucellosis control/eradication, and voluntary scrapie flock certification program standards.

Another very important aspect that the IHP addresses is linked to the challenge of educating horse-owners and the general public on the realities related to equine infectious anemia, a disease that the association considers to be misunderstood and less dangerous than what is generally believed.

In the temporary office buildings on the Capitol lawn, legislative committees and study groups met frequently last week, considering such other issues as combatting equine infectious anemia, providing loans to repair septic systems, eliminating the sales tax on textbooks and reducing discrimination against AIDS patients.