Guidelines: C.E.M. Testing and Treatment Requirements

MARES IMPORTED FROM C.E.M. COUNTRIES
ALL TESTING AND TREATMENTS MUST BE PERFORMED
BY AN ACCREDITED VETERINARIAN
LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN KENTUCKY
December 2004

SET OF CULTURES: SPECIMENS SHALL BE COLLECTED FROM THE MUCOSAL SURFACES OF THE CLITORAL FOSSA AND CLITORAL SINUSES.

DAY 1: COLLECT A SET OF CULTURES.

DAY 4: COLLECT A SET OF CULTURES.

DAY 7: COLLECT A SET OF CULTURES

*Following the sets of cultures being collected:
ON FIVE (5) CONSECUTIVE DAYS:
MANUALLY REMOVE ALL ORGANIC DEBRIS FROM THE CLITORAL SINUSES AND FLUSH THEM WITH AN APPROVED CERUMINOLYTIC AGENT.

FOLLOWING THE CLEANING AND FLUSHING OF THE SINUSES ASPETICALLY CLEAN AND WASH (SCRUB) THE EXTERNAL GENITALIA AND VAGINAL VESTIBULE, INCLUDING THE CLITORAL FOSSA, WITH A SOLUTION OF NOT LESS THAN 2% CHLORHEXIDINE IN A DETERGENT BASE AND THEN FILL (PACK) THE CLITORAL FOSSA AND SINUSES AND COAT THE VAGINAL VESTIBULE WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENT EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE CEM ORGANISM.

WHEN THE FINAL SET OF CULTURE REPORTS ARE RECEIVED, AND THE PRESCRIBED TREATMENT COMPLETED, THE ATTENDING VETERINARIAN SHOULD COMPLETE, SIGN AND FORWARD THE WORKSHEET TO THE STATE VETERINARIAN'S OFFICE. A QUARANTINE RELEASE WILL BE RETURNED TO THE FARM. THIS RELEASE SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE MARE TO THE BREEDING SHED.

BEFORE BEING BRED IN KENTUCKY: A SWAB SHALL BE COLLECTED FROM THE ENDOMETRIUM AND CULTURED FOR CEM. THIS SWAB MAY BE INCLUDED WITH EITHER OF THE REQUIRED SETS OF SWABS, OR IN THE CASE OF A PREGNANT MARE, THIS SWAB MAY BE COLLECTED AFTER FOALING. THE IMPORTED MARE SHALL BE PROPHYLACTICALLY SCRUBBED AND BRED LAST OF THE GROUP OF MARES BRED DURING THAT SESSION.

THE NEXT THREE (3) MARES BRED TO THE SAME STALLION SHALL HAVE A CF TEST, FIFTEEN (15) TO TWENTY FIVE (25) DAYS POSTBREEDING.

THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE (AND HAVE RESULTS RETURNED) THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TESTING AND TREATMENT IS 14 DAYS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS QUARANTINE OR PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT THE EQUINE PROGRAMS STAFF IN THE STATE VETERINARIAN'S OFFICE AT 502 564 3956 8:00 am to 4:30 pm MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

* If any of the three cultures are reported as overgrown, and treatment has begun, a minimum of 21 days must elapse from the time of the last treatment before the mare can be recultured. It is recommended that the scrubbing and packing not begin until the final set of cultures are reported as negative.

These requirements are subject to change without notice.