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Author Topic: "swamp fever" Northumberland  (Read 6149 times)

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Little Blue

faith0504

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • Cairngorms
  • take it easy and chill
    • blaemuir cottage
Re: "swamp fever" Northumberland
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2010, 06:39:47 pm »
gosh thats scary, least they have controlled it, that is one horsey problem we dont need in this country

daddymatty82

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • swindon
Re: "swamp fever" Northumberland
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2010, 09:55:35 pm »
had that down the road from me earlier in the year  a known dealer in the area imported it from belgium

rbarlo32

  • Joined May 2010
Re: "swamp fever" Northumberland
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2010, 01:19:14 pm »
really hope it never comes to shetland

Daisy

  • Joined Mar 2010
  • Near Earlston Scottish Borders
Re: "swamp fever" Northumberland
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2010, 10:57:32 am »
I've heard that another case has been diagnosed in Devon in a horse that has been in the country for 2 years

faith0504

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • Cairngorms
  • take it easy and chill
    • blaemuir cottage
Re: "swamp fever" Northumberland
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2010, 11:24:07 am »
oh gosh no that is not good news at all

Daisy

  • Joined Mar 2010
  • Near Earlston Scottish Borders
Re: "swamp fever" Northumberland
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2010, 12:43:40 pm »
I've heard that once a horse has been infected it always has the disease, so this horse may have had it before it arrived here

 

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