For this reason, the official ban on the farm where the horse was located was lifted. There are now no more horse herds in the Ludwigsburg district under lockdown due to suspected equine infectious anemia.
Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is a systemic viral disease that affects horses, ponies, donkeys, mules and zebras. EIA does not pose a risk to humans. Large blood-sucking insects such as horseflies and horse flies play a role in the transmission of EIA. The disease can also be transmitted through direct contact of horses via blood and minor injuries as well as iatrogenically (caused by treatment, in particular by using a cannula or syringe for several animals). The main areas of distribution of this infectious disease, which is incurable for equidae, are North and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Southern and Eastern Europe. There are isolated cases in Germany.
