2021 EDCC Annual Report

Published on February 14, 2022

Revised on December 6, 2022

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Below are the 2021 EDCC case reports. 

Totals in 2021 (January 2021 – December 2021)

445 alerts posted reporting on 579 horses

  • Anthrax: 1 case (1 in TX)
  • Eastern Equine Encephalitis: 61 cases (3 in AR, 19 in FL, 9 in MI, 1 in MN, 2 in NJ, 5 in NY, 3 in NC, 6 in ON, 2 in SC, 1 in VA, and 10 in WI)
  • Equine Herpesvirus- Abortion: 4 cases (1 in OK and 3 in ON)
  • Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic: 66 cases (2 in AB, 13 in CA, 2 in CO, 4 in FL, 1 in GA, 1 in ID, 6 in KY, 3 in MD, 2 in MA, 2 in MN, 3 in NJ, 5 in NY, 1 in OH, 9 in ON, 3 in OR, 1 in PA, 1 in TX, 1 in UT, 2 in VT, 4 in VA)
  • Equine Herpesvirus- Respiratory: 21 cases (2 in CO, 2 in FL, 2 in MA, 1 in MI, 1 in NC, 2 in ON, CAN, 7 in PA, 1 in RI, 2 in TN, and 1 in WA)
  • Equine Infectious Anemia: 109 cases (22 in AB, 4 in AZ, 7 in BC, CAN, 1 in CA, 1 in IA, 1 in OK, 1 in OR, 1 in SK, CAN, 5 in TN, 55 in TX, 9 in UT, 1 in VA, and 1 in YK, CAN)
  • Equine Influenza: 30 cases (1 in BC, CAN, 1 in KS, 6 in OH, 7 in OR, 4 in RI, 1 in VA, 7 in WA, and 3 in WI)
  • Pigeon Fever: 2 cases (2 in WA)
  • Potomac Horse Fever: 16 cases (1 in MD, 3 in MA, 7 in TN, 2 in VA and 3 in WA)
  • Rabies: 4 cases (2 in CO, 1 in FL and 1 in MT
  • Strangles: 139 cases (1 in AZ, 2 in CA, 31 in FL, 20 in MA, 33 in MI, 1 in MN, 2 in NH, 2 in NY, 2 in OH, 2 in PA, 4 in PEI, 2 in RI, 21 and WA, 16 in WI, and 2 in WY)
  • West Nile Virus: 126 cases (6 in AZ, 14 in CA, 20 in CO, 4 in FL, 11 in ID, 6 in KY, 6 in MI, 3 in MN, 4 in NY, 1 in NC, 1 in OH, 9 in OK, 3 in ON, CAN, 8 in OR, 2 in PA, 1in SK, CAN, 7 in SC, 2 in TN, 9 in UT, 8 in WA and 1 in WI)
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EDCC Totals (as of January 11, 2022)

  • 2,379 alerts posted since April 2015
  • 5,036 reports of equine disease since April 2015
  • 8,447 addresses on the EDCC email alert subscription list
  • 16,797 followers on Facebook

*Note: “Alerts” refers to the number of disease reports posted on the EDCC website. Each alert can contain information on more than one case/outbreak/quarantine. “Case” refers to disease in one individual horse. “Outbreak” refers to more than one horse affected with evidence of disease spread from the index case.

2021 Downloadable Report