Re: coggins

The US has a control-and-eradicate program for EIA. That is because
an antibody test has been available for EIA since ... the 1970's. At
this time, two test methods are in wide use and accepted by most US
states for purposes of detecting EIA antibody: ELISA and AGID. The
Coggins test is an AGID test.

EIA is a retrovirus, like HIV, so once EIA has infected a horse's
cells, the horse is expected to remain infected for life. However,
the antibody tests are tests for exposure, not infection. There
are tests for infection, but they are considerably more expensive.

EIA is infectious, but it is not "highly" infectious. It is one of
the least infectious viruses known in horses.

Una

http://nsu.aphis.usda.gov/inventory/activity.faces?INVENTORY_NUMBER=61
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_diseases/eia/

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