Contagious Equine Metritis Eradicated from Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Hideki NISHI²  Masashi EGUCHI³  Masanobu KAMADA¹  Hidekazu NIWA¹  Toru ANZAI⁴ 

[1] Epizootic Research Center, Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Tochigi 329-0412, Japan;Livestock Farming Promotion Division, Bureau of Food Safety Promotion, Department of Agriculture, Hokkaido Government, Hokkaido 060-0003, Japan;Research Institute for Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology, Kanagawa 229-1132, Japan;Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Tochigi 320-0856, Japan

关键词: CEM;    eradication;    PCR;    Taylorella equigenitalis;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.11-0347

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(16)Cited-By(2)Contagious equine metritis (CEM), a contagious venereal disease of horses, invaded Japan in 1980 and spread in the Thoroughbred population of the Hidaka-Iburi district of Hokkaido. To eradicate CEM, we ran a program aimed at detecting Taylorella equigenitalis, the causal agent, in carrier horses by using the PCR test, followed by culling or treatment. In 2001, the first year of the program, 12,356 Thoroughbred racing stallions and mares were tested and 11 carriers were found. Four, two, one, and one carrier mares were detected in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, respectively, by application of the program at the same scale as in 2001. No PCR-positive horses were found from 2006 to 2010. These results strongly suggest that CEM was eradicated from Japan by 2010.

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