Successful Eradication of Equine Infectious Anemia From Ireland During 2006

Equine infectious anemia (EIA) has been successfully eradicated from Ireland. In the Meath cluster, infection was mainly transmitted iatrogenically. In the Kildare cluster (a veterinary hospital), transmission to 13 horses was linked with a narrow infection window but cannot be explained by commonly described methods of transmission. Authors’ addresses: Centre for Veterinary Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (More, Aznar, Clegg); Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Maynooth, Co. Kildare (Brangan, Flaherty), Dublin 2, Co. Dublin (Bailey), Navan, Co. Meath (Larkin), Naas, Co. Kildare (Myers), and Central Veterinary Research Laboratory, Backweston Campus, Celbridge, Co. Kildare (Lenihan), Ireland; and Irish Equine Centre, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland (Leadon); e-mail: [email protected]. © 2008 AAEP.