CFIA Releases News About CEM

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched an investigation after confirming that horse semen was imported into Canada from a United States stallion subsequently determined to be infected with contagious equine metritis (CEM).

There are no human health implications with this disease.

A fourth stallion that recently stood at DeGraff Stables/Liberty Farm Equine Reproduction Centre LLC has tested positive for CEM.

To read more about this stallion from theHorse.com, click here.

Updates on the situation are available on the DeGraff Stables/Liberty Farm Equine Reproduction Centre LLC website and can be viewed by clicking here.

To view the release from the CFIA in English, click here. The French version is available here.

(With files from theHorse.com, Degraff Stables and the CFIA)

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