The La Baule Organising Committee Veterinary Advisors and the FEI have been constantly monitoring horses at the French event following a confirmed case of Equine Influenza in a horse that was competing in Le Touquet (FRA) last weekend.

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) swab testing, a “super-sensitive” forensic type test for viral infections. PCR looks for parts of the Influenza virus and is not an indicator that the virus is active, inactive, capable of producing disease, or that a horse is a risk to other horses. Equine Influenza (EI) is commonly found throughout the world on this type of test in healthy horses.

Precautionary testing on some horses at La Baule has resulted in PCR positives for two horses. None of the horses in La Baule, including the two PCR positive horses, are showing any signs of fever or any symptoms of disease.

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