TESTING REQUIREMENTS -
ATTENTION CONSIGNORS!
A Piroplasmosis Test is no longer a sale requirement for yearlings sold at any
of the Ruidoso Horse Sale Company sales. Mares being sold in the Select
Broodmare Sale are still required to have a piroplasmosis test.
ANY ANIMAL ORIGINATING FROM KLEBERG, JIM WELLS, JIM HOGG, OR BROOKS COUNTIES (OR ANY OTHERS WITH CONFIRMED CASES DURING THE PAST 21 DAYS)WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ENTRY INTO NEW MEXICO UNLESS IT HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION AND HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE NEW MEXICO STATE VETERINARIAN .
SALE REQUIRES A NEGATIVE PIROPLASMOSIS TEST WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE SALE.
A NEGATIVE TEST MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE CVI WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF ENTERING NEW MEXICO. THE CVI MUST STATE THAT “THE ANIMALS LISTED ON THIS CVI ARE NOT DISPLAYING SIGNS OF EQUINE PIROPLASMOSIS NOR ANY OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASE. NONE OF THE ANIMALS LISTED ON THIS CVI HAVE BEEN IN A TEXAS COUNTY THAT HAS CONFIRMED CASES OF EQUIRE PIROPLASMOSIS DURING THE LAST 21 DAYS. ALL ANIMALS ON THIS CVI WERE INSPECTED FOR TICKS, INCLUDING EAR TICKS, AND TREATED FOR TICKS IF NECESSARY, AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION.”
CHECK WITH YOUR VETERINARIAN FOR THE MOST CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PIROPLASMOSIS TESTING. THE RULES ARE CHANGING CONSTANTLY AND IT IS THE CONSIGNOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO INSURE COMPLIANCE.
***Office of State of New Mexico Veterinarian:
505-841-6161