The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program organized the virtual training on laboratory techniques for equine diseases events as part of the sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) Work Plan 2021 – 2023 endorsed at the second meeting of the CAREC SPS Regional Working Group in April 2021.
The event was held on 29th-30th November 2021 and was co-organized by the Asian Development Bank, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC). The virtual training introduced laboratory techniques for equine disease relevant to trade between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Kazakhstan to strengthen coordination and facilitate cross-border trade, the two countries discussed laboratory requirements and detection methods for equine diseases.
The training introduced sampling and laboratory techniques for equine diseases: piroplasmosis, infection with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) (Rhinopneumonitis), infection with equine arteritis virus, equine influenza, and equine infectious anemia.
The information of the technical Aspects of the Equine Diseases Control was given by the OIE reference laboratory on Equine viral arteritis in Weybridge (UK).