Some News

Ban still active with safe corridor for TB racing.

The Ban will be in place until June 6 when evaluation will be done.

All transport of horses restricted for the Buenos Aires Area (City and Province).

Tomorrow Senasa (Nath. Auth.) will present new evolution of activity of the virus.

Ban will stand for 15 days more

Ban will stand for 15 days more but with some diferences from the first restriction .

The Senasa will allow horses transportation between the horses stalled in the major racetracks due to the proven negatives in the analysis done on TB horses.

This will allow the movements of TB horses only as a safe corridor strictly controled by Senasa (Nat. Authority) but only between racetracks.

There will be major control inside the country and the total restriction of movements of horses in the Buenos Aires area nor into this area is still in place.

This new ban of movements started the 21st of May for 15 days until more analysis are made to control se spread of the virus.

Possible stand for 15 days more of the ban

New cases confirmed makes difficult to lift the ban.

The National Commission for the Equine Sanitary Health admited that the virus is still active and spreading around as 5 horses tested negative now are positive as informed in the meeting.

Today the Argentine TB Breeders Assocation will have a meeting with the President of the National Sanitary Service (Senasa) trying to lift the ban for TB, due to the knowledge that no TB horse give possitive in their analysis and control in the major Racetracks stalls .

I see difficult the lift because the other areas of the horse business pretends that the restriction still in place until more controls are made by the Authoirities.

Also I can see that in the La Plata Racetrack that the races are full with lesser problems fill them because the ban of restiction of all movements of horses than in the Palermo and San Isidro, that can indicate a non restricted control of the ban by the National Authorities and the Authorities of the La Plata Racetrack in the way the horses arrival. This conclusion is also published today in La Nacion. newspaper.

New report from Senasa shows 3 new fochus

Senasa resported in their follow up report number 1 that three new outbreaks where detected in the City of Buenos Aires (2 Showjumping Clubs), and in the City of Vicente Casares-Cañuelas (Sport Horse breeding Farm with a mare inseminated with frozen infected semen) in the Province of Buenos Aires, with a total of suspected cases of: Suspected 362 with Cases confirmed 108 with no deaths ratio.

It could be expected a restriction with movement control inside the country.

Movements are still prohibited in the city and the province of Buenos Aires.

Through surveillance activities carried out, no disease was detected in all major racetracks inspected as known and informed by Authorities.

Only show jumping and dressage horses are concerned as informed by the National Sanitary Authorities.

No official determination where made yet upon lifting the ban.

Tomorrow Tuesday will be news about the ban

The National Sanitary Authority (Senasa) will gather with all horsing bussiness tomorrow and will make a decision to contunue the ban or not.

There are no more informations given publicly nor internationally (OIE) regarding the actual state of the presence in the Buenos Aires area of the virus.

Heavy presure are being made to lift the ban because of the restriction of all horse transportation in the Buenos Aires Area and the racetracks activities.

The Senasa said that it can make any decision, but one thing is clear we will not lie.

Confirmed presence in Showjunping Clubs in the City of Buenos Aires

As told I spoke with different friends in the Clubs an told me that is true the presence of the virus in their clubs in the City of Buenos Aires area.

The ban is still in place. The virus is about 10 blocks away from the Hipodromo de Palermo racetrack.


In a new information given today, Dr. Cesar Valle, a well known vet in the horse racing industry, told that no racehorse presented the virus yet in the stalls inside the major Racetracks of San Isidro and Palermo. As also he told to La Nacion (argentine newsapaper) that the National Authorities acted in acordance to the normal precedure.

There are heavy pressure from the racetracks to lift the ban, that can allow the transportations of the horses in and out the Buenos Aires zone.

That could be an error in my opinion if there are no control at all.

This weelk Senansa (NAt. Autority) will present the evolutiuon

Confirmed presence of Equine viral arteritis (EVA) in the city of Buenos AIres

The Equine viral arteritis (EVA) is spreading around very fast.

See the following link for the official Argentine Sanitary Service information at

http://www.oie.int/wahis/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=9233

In the news today in the LA Nacion , the owner of the Haras Vendanova, Mr Federico Arslanian confirmed the presence of infected horses with the virus in his farm, in Suipacha.

He told that he bought frozen semen from Holland to the VDL Stud (stallion Zirocco Blue) , -one of the best Farms in Showjumping and Dressage of the world, and passed all argentine sanitary analysis that where made in the Haras 4 Hermanos .

He used the semen in the artificial insemnation of his mares, where one aborted. Also told that 23 horses are under extrict control by the sanitary authorities.

He will sue against the VDL Stud , Haras 4 Hermanos and all other resposables, he told to La Nacion.

My comment is that I'am alarmed that this could be worst, is because Mr Arslanian, also told to La Nacion that 90% of the horses examened in GEBA (Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires Club ), where positive to the virus, I trying to talk with some friends to know about this matter because its situated near the showjumping main activities zone with about 4 clubs around, and near presence of the Hipodromo de Palermo Racetrack.

I will keep informed about any new presences in the Buenos Aires area.

All racing activities where restricted to only local stall horses in all the argentine major racetracks due to the sanitary ban.

Mr. Eduardo Ferro The President the Union of all Profesionals in Horse Racing activities, blame the responsability of the problem to the lake of an quick response from the National Authorities -Senasa, beacause they have the first notice of the presence of the virus, the last March 31st.. Also request the need to create a safety sanitary zone between all the major racetracks for horses without the virus to secure the next racing program. Due to the problem the coming stakes program must be reformed , he said to La Nacion yesterday.

Polo games activities also where suspended by this ban.

Equine viral arteritis (EVA) presence in Argentina

The National Argentine Sanitary Service (Senasa) ordered a total restriction, in the Province of Buenos Aires area and the city of Buenos Aires of horses transportations, for at least 15 days .

The ban is stated because the presence of Equine viral arteritis (EVA), and the resolution started its effects on May 6th, 2010.

The virus was found in the Province of Buenos Aires, near the city of San Antonio de Areco.

The Argentine Authorities allready communitate the presence to the international OIE (World Organisation for Animal Helath).

Probably the virus came in a infected frozen semen brought from Holland.