Equine Infectious Anemia – Highly infectious virus that is always "Coggins" a problem

About this episode

This episode discusses Equine Infectious Anemia, its clinical signs, and testing options with experts in the field.

Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) is a well known virus in the horse community, mostly due to its highly infectious nature. Clinical signs vary. Some horses present with very obvious signs where other horses present with essentially none. Testing is often associated with the Coggins test. In this episode, Dr. Brandon Dominguez and Dr. Semira Mancill discuss the virus and testing options with Kalyn Green, assistant section head in serology.

People in this episode

Guests: Dr. Brandon Dominguez, Dr. Semira Mancill, Kalyn Green

Topics covered

• Equine Infectious Anemia
• horse health
• viral infections
• Coggins test
• serology testing

Keywords

• Equine Infectious Anemia
• EIA
• Coggins test
• viral infections
• horse health
• serology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Products: Coggins test

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