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What is the coggins test?
It is a test that shows whether or not a horse has the virus that causes Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). For more information on EIA and the Coggins test, check out this website: http://coursesonhorses.blogspot.com/2008/07/exactly-what-is-c... Read More »
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What disease is a coggins test for?
Equine infectious anemia (aka, swamp fever) Read More »
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What disease does coggin's test for?
EIA - Equine Infectious Anemia Read More »
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The Coggins' test is for a serious equine virus called equine infectious anemia (EIA). Many times it is called "swamp fever". Thx.
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The Coggins test checks for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) antibodies in the horse's blood. Blood samples must be sent to a MORE?
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It is a blood sample. The vet will screen the blood, searching for exposure to the virus Equine Infectious Anemia. If it is detected, it is usually fatal and your horse must not be exposed to the public or others horses because it is extrem...
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Equine Infectious Anemia is also known as swamp fever. It is a retrovirus, grouped with the lentiviruses; therefore, it is related to the human AIDS virus. EIA is characterized by immune mediated hemolytic anemia (red blood cell break down)...
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I live in California (Camp Pendleton for exact) and moving to Oklahoma in a month. The vet I use is in Bakersfield, California (originally from) who I have used since day one (over 10 years). It is Bakersfield Veterinary Hospital "BVH" larg...
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This is just one of the 25+shows we showed at last year. A coggins from Dec. 2003 would have done me no good even though less than a year had gone by. Most, if not all of the shows had this rule. Maybe not how things are done in NM, but tha...
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Coggins tests need to be done at least once a year, particularly for horses that are showing.
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