With the problems arising due to contagious equine metritis (CEM) and equine viral arteritis (EVA) in recent years, it behooves mare owners to be more proactive in questioning the health and vaccination status of the stallions to which they want to breed. This is true whether it is an AI or live cover mating. We asked Nancy Loving, DVM, to address this problem, and she gave us a great bullet point...
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker released the names of the nine stallions that have tested positive for CEM late Thursday afternoon (Jan. 22). He said these stallions are "suspect for possibly exposing mares to CEM." This is the first time an official has released the names of all stallions that have tested positive thus far in the CEM investigation. In this statement...
We have had a number of Friesian lovers and breeders write to us following publication of the article Contagious Equine Metritis Investigation Progresses in Wisconsin . Nanning was identified by Wisconsin officials as being a stallion that was found positive for CEM in that state. There was a quote in the article from an official that said Nanning might be the source of the current CEM outbreak, but...