DIRECTIVE NO.
ALL BREEDS
The Rules Governing Horse Racing in Alberta are as follows:
Chapter 3: General Horse Racing Rules \ Part 1 Administration of Horse Races and Veterinary Care \ Division 3 Veterinary Care at Race Meetings
The following rule has no change.
Rule 123 g Equine infectious anemia (e.i.a.) currently states:
(1) Any person who is responsible for a *horse stabled on the grounds of a *race track for the purpose of flat racing must ensure that a negative test for equine infectious anemia has been issued with respect to that horse on or after November 1 of the preceding year and before April 1 of the current year.
(2) Any person responsible for a standardbred horse stabled on the grounds of a race track must ensure that a negative test for equine infections anemia, dated in the preceding 12 months, has been issued with respect to that horse.
(3) No person may bring a horse onto the grounds of a race track or permit the entry of a horse onto the grounds of a race track after March 31 of any year, unless a certificate of a negative test for equine infectious anemia has been issued with respect to that horse in accordance with subsection (1) or (2).
(4) A *race horse the subject of a positive test for equine infectious anemia must be immediately reported, by its *trainer or other person in charge of it, to the *official veterinarian.
(5) On receipt of the report, the official veterinarian must arrange for the affected horse to be isolated.