Texas Equine Veterinary Association

www.teva-online.org • Page 24 We are stiLL accePting sUbMissions for oUr 2014. TEXAS TAKES are 15-minute practical scientific presentations presented by our TEVA members at the Summer Symposium. Presentations can include: interesting case series, scientific studies, review articles, how-to's, and evidence-based clinical questions. We are looking for practical information Texas and regional veterinarians can use every day. We welcome submissions from interns, residents, academics and private practitioners. TEVA needs your knowledge and experience to make this year's Summer Symposium better than ever! Please do not let the format (described below) scare you. It is not as hard as it looks, and if you need help with the format or presentation set up, we have mentors available who are ready and willing to advise you. The deadline for paper submission will be July 15. Please read on for instructions on how to become a part of this dynamic new panel series. The wining presentation will receive an iPad! sUbMission gUideLines • Include primary author address, phone, fax and email address. • No fewer than 250 words; no word maximum, 12-point Times New Roman font • Pictures/Diagrams are encouraged, especially for how-to presentations. • Headings should include: Take Home Message, Introduction Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, References • Title should be less than 15 words if you have questions, please contact "texas takes" chairman, dr. Jake hersman. email: jakehersman@yahoo.com. t e X a S t a K e S South Korea. My encouragement here is for veterinarians to be vigilant of this fact while there is a VS case in Texas or any surrounding states, as the normal movement regulations may have changed. You can go on our TAHC website and find what we believe are the most current regulations regarding VS for other states, but as always the real answer should ultimately be obtained from the state of destination. A good website link for contacting all 50 state vets is at http://www.usaha.org/Portals/6/ StateAnimalHealthOfficials.pdf As to the herd of origin, it is a very remote closed herd of 50 donated horses taken in by the owner. Basically this is a nursing home for old horses in a very remote location. There is no known connection to any event, competition, or outside horses or animals. All fenceline neighbors have been checked out and are not affected. The quarantine release period is 21 days after all affected animals are completely healed. This most current situation will last until at least July 1. This currently infected herd reinforces how little we really understand about the epidemiology of the VS disease. There is almost certainly a wild reservoir of the virus circulating in unknown channels, but is it animals, insects, plants or something else? We do know that sand flies and biting midges are somehow involved, and that horses are really not the preferred host orreservoir of the virus, but that is about it. For these reasons it is entirely possible this disease could pop up again anywhere in the state later this summer, so please stay vigilant. I have included a couple of pictures of the affected horses so that you may see how this disease appeared in the most recent cases. b o o K y o u r h o t e l e a r l y f o r t h e a n n u a l S u m m e r S y m p o S i u m ! r o o m b l o c K e X p i r e S J u l y 1 6 t h !

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