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Transport
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There
is potential for transmission of infectious diseases
during transport. Cleanliness and hygiene on board
all forms of transport is the responsibility of the
vehicle owner in private transport and the Vehicle
operator in contracted transport.
The
following notes are for guidance in either case.
· Vehicles should be
cleaned and disinfected frequently and regularly,
preferably using recognised viricidal disinfectants.
· Vehicles should be clean before horses are
loaded.
· Prior vaccination of horses
may reduce the risk of disease transmission during
transport.
· When mixed loads are avoidable,
give careful consideration to the categories of horse
which are transported together so as to minimise the
risk (eg. Risk to pregnant mares of EHV-1 infection).
· Horses should be healthy
and fit travel.
· Sick animals should not
be transported except when travelling, under veterinary
supervision, to obtain veterinary treatment. Where
transport of such horses is unavoidable, they must
not be put in mixed loads without the consent of the
owners (or the agents) of the other horses in the
load. Veterinary advice may needed.
· If horses or their in-contacts
are ill on, or shortly after at their destination,
inform the transport operator at once. The operator
should inform other clients with animals in the same
load. Take veterinary advice on the sick horse, isolating
them if necessary.
· Facilities should, if
needed, be made available for cleaning/mucking out
of lorries at premises where loading/unloading stops
are made. These abbreviated codes are published annually
as a supplement to the Full Codes of Practice which
are also produced every year.
For detailed recommendations, Please refer to the
Full Codes which are available from:-
The Horserace Betting Levy Board,
52 Grosvenor
Gardens,
London SW1W 0AU.
Tel: +44 (0) 171 333 0043
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