CEM Outbreak - Important Information for Mare Owners

Equine-Reproduction.com has been contacted by mare owners who have
bred their mares to stallions that have been confirmed positive as
carriers of Taylorella equigenitalis - the Contagious Equine Metritis
Organism (CEMO) - in the current USA outbreak, but who have not yet
been contacted by a State or Federal veterinarian with reference to
having the mare tested. If you have bred a mare to one of the positive
stallions and not been contacted by a Federal or State veterinarian,
please contact DeGraff Stables - for contact information go to:

http://degraffstables.com/about-us/contact-us/

Please be aware that the fact that your mare has not aborted and is
still pregnant does not mean that she is not infected with the CEMO.
In fact, few abortions are associated with CEM, and foals produced
by CEMO-carrying mares may harbour the pathogen themselves, and be
infective when they are mature animals and being bred. This is one
way in which the organism maintains presence in a population.
*01/02/2009*


Regards to all,

Jos Mottershead
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