There actually is said to be a cure (and I do believe there's got to be one) from something that was found in China. Don Blazer from FL speaks on this. Apperantly, vets etc. make so much money on coggins testing that they do not want the cure to be known. (No, not our amazing, angelic vetrinarians??)
Coggins testing is also something I would NOT use if I really wanted to test a horse acurratly unless it is 15 seconds (yes 15 seconds) current. Because a vet can draw the blood for a coggins test, and an effected fly can fly out of the blue and bite your horse. Bam, you've got EIA. BECAUSE- as JenJen says, it is SPREAD BY FLIES. Of course flies have their flying limits and I don't expect a fly of any kind to fly a hundred miles to find my one horse, I think the avg horsefly's distance is approx 500 yards ...?
So even if someone tells you they have a current negative coggins testing on their horse, it doesn't actually mean that it prooves their horse doesn't carry EIA, whether it's 2 months current or 2 days because of the spreading by flies factor.
A more safer way of testing (and I hear alot of arguements on this, but most effected horses will run a bit of a fever) is to take temperatures. It's current, accurate, with a working thermometer anyway, and you don't have to wait a week and send it in, in which case would no longer be accurate. I've read alot on both sides of the EIA story and I always knew there was more than what I was hearing from local trail riders and small-town vets (no offense, just MY local trail riders and vets).
Fly spray is definitely a great thing to add! Thanks so much for posting about that!
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