Calls for change over US deport or destroy approach
A CALL has been made for change to the “euthanise or deport” protocol for horses who test “non-negative” for certain equine diseases on arrival in the US following recent cases.
The vast majority of the thousands of horses who arrive in the US from abroad pass through the border with no issue.
Equines are tested on arrival for piroplasmosis (a tick-borne disease), dourine
