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Archived - Proposed national disease control program for equine infectious anemia: Closed consultation

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Current status: Closed

This consultation ran from April 19 to June 30, 2018. See the what we heard report for a summary of the findings.

About the consultation

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has completed the public consultation on a proposed new National Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) Disease Control Program.

Objective

The CFIA has been collaborating with provincial, territorial and equine industry representatives, among others, over the past few years to develop a new approach to address program issues. One of the main issues has been the low volume of owner-requested testing (surveillance) among western Canada equine owners, even though many positive cases of EIA have been identified in that area. As a result, a key recommendation from the EIA working group was for the CFIA to develop a program that includes some mandatory EIA testing requirements for certain movements of horses in western Canada.

Stakeholders were asked to comment on the proposed program, including:

If support is received, the CFIA will proceed with planning the implementation of this program.

Who was the focus of this consultation

The CFIA sought feedback from all equine stakeholders, including:

Related information

Contact us

Email: EIA-AIE@inspection.gc.ca

Dr. Carolyn James
Domestic Disease Control Section
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
59 Camelot Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0Y9

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