Disease Alerts

Updates on current disease outbreaks are listed here as they occur and will include the date listed, disease name, location and current status. Specific premises will not be named but the general location by town, county and state will be listed. When locations, events or horses are at risk they will be listed. Updates will be posted as they are received.



Equine Piroplasmosis
Polk County, IA
Outbreak Identifier: 4666
Alert ID: 2056
April 30, 2021
Confirmed Case(s) - Official Quarantine

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Number Confirmed: 2;
Number Exposed: 43;
Facility Type: Boarding Facility;
Age: 11; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Horse Status: Euthanized;

Age: 15; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH);
Notes: Two horses at the same Polk County boarding facility as the previously reported EIA case (alert ID: 2056) have tested positive for piroplasmosis. Both horses were euthanized and the facility was quarantined upon notification of the first positive test result. All remaining horses will remain on site and retested 30-days following the isolation of the two positive horses. Once all remaining horses have tested negative after a 30 day period the piroplasmosis quarantine will be released.;