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June 1, 2010
Ottawa, ON—The Breeds &
Industry Division of Equine Canada would like to inform all
stakeholders that, due to the reported finding of horses
infected with vesicular stomatitis (VS) in Arizona, US, the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has asked the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to suspend the issuance
or endorsement of export certificates for horses and other
equines for all end-uses originating from the state of Arizona.
The imposed restrictions on the import of equidae into Canada
from Arizona is effective immediately. The CFIA has confirmed
that the import restrictions only apply to live horse, donkey or
mule imports and not to equine semen or equine embryo imports.
The USDA has also been asked to certify the following for horses
and other equines from all other states as follows: “During the
previous twenty-one (21) days, the animal(s) in this shipment
has/have not been in the State of Arizona.”
It is strongly
recommended that horse owners refrain from travelling to or
transiting through Arizona with their horses. For horse owners
who still want to export their horses to Arizona, it is
important to note that they cannot bring them back to Canada on
the original Canadian export certificate. Instead, it will be
necessary that they bring their animals back to Canada with an
import permit and a US health certificate containing
supplementary certification or move their horses to an alternate
state and establish residency in that state for at least 21 days
prior to export to Canada. In the case of moving the horse(s) to
an alternate state, the horse(s) will be returning to Canada on
a US health certificate that includes a statement for
non-residency in Arizona during the last 21 days prior to export
to Canada (i.e. "During the previous twenty-one (21) days, the
animal(s) in this shipment has/have not been in the state of
Arizona").
When supplementary certification is used, it must
state that:
-The horse(s) were inspected by a veterinarian
within fifteen (15) days preceding the date of importation;
-The horse(s) have not been on a premises where Vesicular
Stomatitis (clinical or serological) has occurred during the 60
days immediately preceding exportation to Canada, nor has this
disease occurred on any adjoining premises during the same
period of time; and
-The horses must have tested negative to
Vesicular Stomatitis using a cELISA test, during the fifteen
(15) days prior to the date of importation into Canada.
It is
also important to note that various US states may also prohibit
movement into state without
permit/certification/testing/post-entry testing. The Canadian
horse owner should check state requirements before movement.
Equine piroplasmosis related import restrictions for all equine
originating from the states of Texas and New Mexico are also
still applicable.
Current import requirements for equidae
entering Canada may be found using the CFIA Automated Import
Reference System (AIRS) at
http://airs-sari.inspection.gc.ca. To determine specific
import requirements for each horse, specific parameters that
refer to each horse’s circumstances will need to be entered and
customized import requirements will be provided.
Vesicular
stomatitis is a disease that primarily affects cattle, horses
and swine, and occasionally sheep and goats. Humans can be
exposed to the virus when handling affected animals but rarely
become infected. Vesicular stomatitis causes blister-like
lesions in the mouth and on the dental pad, tongue, lips,
nostrils, hooves, and teats. These blisters swell and break,
leaving raw tissue that is so painful that infected animals show
signs of lameness and generally refuse to eat and drink which
results in severe weight loss. There is risk of secondary
infection of the open wounds. Animals usually recover within 2
weeks. While vesicular stomatitis can cause economic losses to
livestock producers, it is a particularly important disease
because its outward signs are similar to—although generally less
severe than—those of foot-and-mouth disease, which horses are
not susceptible to. The only way to distinguish among these
diseases in livestock other than horses is through laboratory
tests.
The mechanisms by which vesicular stomatitis spreads
are not fully known: insect vectors, mechanical transmission,
and movement of animals are probably responsible. Once
introduced into a herd, the disease apparently moves from animal
to animal by contact or exposure to saliva or fluid from
ruptured lesions. Historically, outbreaks of vesicular
stomatitis have occurred in southwestern United States during
warm months and particularly along river ways. However,
outbreaks are sporadic and unpredictable. (Source: USDA).
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May 22nd 2010
The 5th Annual High School
Equestrian Team Challenge hosted 11 High School Equestrian, 47
exhibitors, over 55 horses, with over 350 entries.
Individual Awards:
Best Horse On Grounds: Miss Colonial
Taylor owned By: Mackenzie Kilbride from Chatham Kent Secondary
School
Best Dressed On Grounds: Kayla Urquhart from Ursuline
College Chatham
Hi Point Jr. Performance Horse & Rider: Renne
Toll riding Cwic Smokin Jac from Ursuline College Chatham whom
also won the Hi Point Jr. Quarter Horse of the day winning an
AQHA Youth Membership
Hi Point Sr. Performance Horse & Rider:
Amanda Thomson riding Tabus Black Night from LCCVI, whom also
won the Hi Point Sr. Quarter Horse of the day winning an AQHA
Youth Membership
Hi Point Jr. Speed Event Horse & Rider:
Alison Schopf riding That Shy Look from Ursuline College Chatham
Hi Point Sr. Speed Event Horse & Rider: Jordon Thomson riding
Holms Maple Fudge from Chesley Cougars
Sportsmanship
Award Senior Exhibitor: Tara Scott LCCVI Sportsmanship Award
Junior Exhibitor: Amy Deelstra from LCCVI
HSETC
Scholarship Of Extraordinary Achievement awarded to Amanda
Thomson representing LCCVI. The High School Team Challenge
Committee wishes Amanda the best of luck as she travels to
Okalahoma City this July as a member of Team Canada to compete
at the AQHA Youth World Cup.
Team Awards:
Spirit Class
Winners: Northern Vikings, Sarnia ON
4th Place overall High
School Team: Central Huron, Clinton ON
3rd Place overall High
School Team: Lambton Central Vocational Institute, Petrolia ON
2nd Place overall High School Team: Chesley Cougars from Chesley
ON 2010 Grand Champion High School Equestrian Team: Ursuline
College Chatham, Chatham ON
Special Thank You to our
Judges Jamie & Kris Simpson, our Announcer Laurie Haughton, our
ring stewards Kelly Trusedell & Emily Voskamp, our ring crew
Cindy Cook, Diane Voskamp, Shelley & Jim Thomson, Kendra
McCorkle, Angie Mills, Margie Mills & Kyle Foster, and our
photographer Ashley Hope.
Thank You Sponsors:
Ontario Quarter Horse Association
Canadian Quarter Horse Association
Area 1 Quarter Horse
Promotional Association
The Dresden Saddle Club
Re Ride
Epona Promotions & Media Relations
Fabric Illustrations
Canter Lope
Village Tack & Western Wear
Kenlor Investments
UCC
Equestrian Team
Dresden Agricultural Society
Bits N’
Buckles
Tomara Equestrian
Star Trucking
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REACH Huron, Clinton, Ontario
The
Mid-Western Ontario Horseman’s Society is pleased to announce
that they will host their first two approved MWHS Open Horse
Shows of the 2010 Show Season at the beautiful NEW Regional
Equine & Agricultural Centre of Huron Inc. (REACH Huron) in
Clinton, Ontario, Saturday and Sunday, May 8 & 9, 2010 beginning
at 9:00 a.m. each day. These will be the first horse shows held
at the REACH facility.
The Mid-Western Ontario Horseman’s
Society has sanctioned and hosted Open Horse Shows throughout
southwestern Ontario for almost 33 years. The MWHS Shows offer
Halter, Performance and Speed Events for Jr. B Exhibitors with
their ponies, JR. A Exhibitors (18 & Under) and Adult exhibitors
with their horses. Exhibitors are not required to have a
membership to compete. The shows offer reasonable entry fees
with payback in all classes except halter. High Point All
Around Awards will be presented for each of 6 divisions.
Members receive the benefit of a Newsletter throughout the year
and are able to accumulate points towards Year End Awards. One
lucky MWHS member who participates in at least 50% of the MWHS
Shows held during the 2010 show season will win a beautiful
framed portrait of their horse by artist, Ms. Ashley Cook of
Tilbury, the current Ontario Quarter Horse Queen and All
American Quarter Horse Congress Queen. An Exhibitor
Appreciation Draw for those who qualify will be held at the end
of the show season. There will be also be a MWHS New Exhibitor
Member Appreciation Draw (may not have shown MWHS in the past 2
years) held at the end of the show season. MWHS will be hosting
the Open Western Horse Show at Western Fair in 2010.
REACH Huron features a 211’ x 108’ indoor arena with 73’ x 133’
indoor warm-up area. There is grandstand seating for 500+.
REACH Huron also has an education center with classrooms,
meeting room, banquet room, media studies room, community
kitchen, amphitheatre and much more. A Silent Auction will be
held to support REACH Huron. Any donated items would be
appreciated. For more information on REACH Huron, go to
www.reachhuron.ca.
The judge for the Saturday show
will be Ms. Susan Robinson from Kincardine, Ontario. Ms.
Robinson has judged the Canadian National Appaloosa Show, Pinto
World Show, All American Buckskin Congress and many other shows
across Canada and the USA as well as in France. She also holds
her Paint and NSBA Judge’s Cards. Sunday, May 9, the show will
feature an introductory Quarter Horse Show running concurrently
with the Open Show. MWHS is pleased to have Ms. Lindsay Grice
of Orangeville, Ontario as the judge. Lindsay is an AQHA
Specialized Judge. Ms. Grice is well known as a very successful
trainer, coach and clinician and has written numerous articles
in publications throughout Canada and the United States. AQHA
Classes will be AQHA and Area 1 point approved for year end
class awards.
REACH Huron in Clinton is located next
door to the Clinton Raceway and OLG Slots on Beech Street in
Clinton. Standardbred Racing will be held on Sunday, May 9.
This is Mother’s Day Weekend, so be sure and bring mom to
celebrate. Clinton offers a number of fine restaurants to treat
mom to dinner following the show. You are invited to be a part
of this fun and exciting weekend and view this fabulous new
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(519)-264-2354
ken@viatrailers.com or visit the MWHS Website:
www.xcelco.on.ca/~mwhs . for a class list click
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA) is reminding the Canadian equine industry that import
requirements introduced in 2009 in response to an outbreak of
contagious equine metritis (CEM) in the United States (U.S.)
remain in effect.The requirements cover the certification of
equine germplasm (semen and embryos) and live horses from the
U.S.
Canada is currently free of CEM. In order to
maintain this status, import restrictions on animals from the
U.S. must remain in place until the U.S. is deemed free of CEM
by the CFIA. At this time, testing and treatement protocols are
still ongoing in 17 states.The CFIA continues to closely monitor
the situation in the U.S. and will update the import
requirements when appropriate.
In Canada, CEM is a
reportable disease under the Health of Animals Reguations, so
all cases must be reported to the CFIA. If anyone suspects a
case of CEM, they must report it to the CFIA for immediate
investigation. If CEM is found in Canada, the policy is to
eradicate the disease. Eradication involves implementing
disease control measures such as: quarantines movement
restrictions testing of exposed horses, and treatment of
infected horses In addition, horses would be required to undergo
significantly more stringent export testing before moving
outside the country.
CEM is a transmissable veneral
disease in horses. It is caused by a bacterium called
Taylorella equigenitalis. It is highly contagious, spread
primarily through reproductive activities. It can have a
devastating effect on equine reproductive activity. Stallions
carring the disease can spread infection through semen that has
been collected for artificial insemination.This route of
transmission can spread the infection from a just few horses to
many more. This disease occurs naturally only in horses, and
all breeds are susceptible.
CEM can be transmitted
indirectly to mares and stallions via contaminated instruments
and equipment such as: devices used for artificial insemination
tail bandages buckets sponges gloves To prevent the disease from
spreading, it is important to maintain strict hygiene when
handling breeding mares and stallions. |
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www.inspection.gc.ca or call 1-800-442-2342. |
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A
major initiative of the Canadian Quarter Horse Association
(CQHA) is to co-ordinate a team to represent Canada at each
biennial American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Youth World
Cup. The Youth World Cup competition is an educational,
leadership-based event for youth members from around the world,
culminating in showcasing skills learned in an atmosphere of
friendly competition.
Canada will be one of 16 countries
to field a team at the 2010 American Quarter Horse Youth World
Cup. The event will be held from July 3rd to 11th, 2010 in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funding for travel expenses for Team
Canada is cost-shared by AQHA/CQHA, provincial/regional Quarter
Horse Associations, corporate and/or individual sponsors, and
team members’ families.
Each participating country may
select up to five competing riders, two alternate riders and
three non-competing youth (leadership members). The host country
will provide the pool of horses of various ability levels, which
are subsequently grouped into lots of five horses each. During
the opening ceremonies, teams draw to determine their assigned
group of five horses. Teams then designate three riders each to
compete in Western Horsemanship, Western Pleasure, Western
Riding, Hunter Under Saddle, Hunt Seat Equitation, Showmanship,
and Trail; and two riders each for Reining and Cutting classes.
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The prestigious 2009 AQHA World Championship Show was held
November 6-21, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A total of 2,102
registered Quarter Horses competed for a total purse of
$2,702,893 comprised of entry fees, added money and the value of
awards. There were 2,036 Open entries (409 in Halter and 1627 in
Performance classes) and 1,428 Amateur entries (319 in Halter
and 1,109 in Performance classes). International representation
came from Brazil, Canada (six provinces), France, Germany,
Sweden and the United Kingdom, in addition to U.S.
representation from 46 states.
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The prestigious
2009 World Championship Sale managed by Professional Auction
Service Inc., was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on November
16, 2009. The Canadian Quarter Horse Association (CQHA) is
pleased to recognize Rinzema Quarter Horses of Keene, Ontario,
who bred and consigned one of the highest selling horses in the
sale.
The auction service's official results report the 2010
total sale prices at $1,492,200, averaging $5,311 on 281 lots
sold, up 10% over the 2008 average. (All prices are quoted in US
currency). Dunit On The Range, consigned by Bill Rinzema, topped
the performance horse section at $41,500 and was purchased by
Gail Beaver Torsell of Centre Hall, PA. The yearling red roan
stallion is sired by Open Range and out of Emerald Selection, by
Selection So Simple. Emerald Selection is a 2001 red dun mare
who earned 70 AQHA Western Pleasure points.
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Dressage is now an official AQHA class –
one in which you can earn AQHA points, qualify for AQHA
Incentive Fund earnings and compete for year-end awards.
Beginning at Training Level 4, AQHA dressage classes will be
held within existing classes at competitions licensed by the
United States Dressage Federation or United States Equestrian
Federation. The same USDF-USEF judges will preside over the AQHA
classes; the only additional requirement is that the judges must
be AQHA members. Exhibitors must also be current members of
AQHA, and the horse must be a registered American Quarter Horse.
A competition license fee of $85, good for the lifetime of the
horse, is also required. The shows must be approved by AQHA at
least 60 days in advance.
Horses competing in dressage
are given scores, expressed in percentages. The Quarter Horse
show industry has always been a point-driven system so AQHA has
created a conversion table to change dressage scores into AQHA
points. To see the conversion table, go to
www.aqha.com/showing and click on "frequently asked
questions."
In addition to awarding points, AQHA is
recognizing the three high-point American Quarter Horses at each
of the nine USEF-USDF Regional Championship shows in 2010 and
has also created a high-point recognition program for the open,
amateur and youth divisions in each level of dressage
competition. Amateur and youth eligibility is based on criteria
found in the AQHA Handbook of Rules and Regulations.
If
you’re interested in getting your American Quarter Horse started
in dressage, America’s Horse – AQHA’s membership magazine –
initiated a year-long series on Training Level dressage in the
January-February 2010 issue. For more information, search for
"dressage" on americashorsedaily.com. Included in the search
results, you’ll find an excerpt from "The USDF Guide to
Dressage," written by Jennifer O. Bryant and much more.
The American Quarter Horse Association is the world’s largest
single-breed equine registry and membership organization. Today,
the Association that was founded in 1940 has more than 5 million
American Quarter Horses registered worldwide and more than
320,000 AQHA members.
For more information on AQHA, visit
www.aqha.com. AQHA news and
information is a service of AQHA publications. For more
information on The American Quarter Horse Journal, The American
Quarter Horse Racing Journal or America’s Horse, visit
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