EVA Case in Staffordshire

EVA, a highly contagious viral infection that causes a high rate of abortion among pregnant mares discovered in a stallion in Staffordshire. The disease causes damage to a horse's arteries and is transmitted through the respiratory tract, or via semen from an infected stallion.

Equine Viral Arteritis has a wide range of signs — including fever, conjunctivitis, swelling of the lower legs, but is most dangerous to in-foal mares. There is no treatment yet available for the disease.

http://www.aht.org.uk/icc/Interim_Report1_Aug10.html