Further EI Guidelines received from the Govt. of India

DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES, RWITC., LTD.

(Approved by Govt of India)

 

6 Arjun Marg, Pune 411 001, Maharashtra.

 

Prof. P.K. Uppal

B. V.SC & AH.M V.Sc., Ph.D (Agra), PhD (Cantab) UK., Fax

FNA VSc, FIAA VR

Founder Professor & Head (B&M),IVRI

Founder Director, National Research Centre on Equines

Former Managing Director BIBCOL. Dept of Bio-Technology

 

Date:

2nd February 2009

 

To,

The Secretary, Bangalore Turf Club,

The Secretary, Hyderabad Race Club.

The Secretary, Royal Calcutta Turf Club.

The Secretary, Madras Race Club.

The Secretary, Mysore Race Club.

The Secretary, Delhi Race Club.

The Secretary, RWITC Ltd., Mumbai

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Furtherance to the guide lines issued regarding strategies on the control of Equine Influenza amongst various Turf Clubs the following guidelines are further proposed.

 

1. Any vaccination programme taken in the country amongst animals comes under the preview of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.

 

2. Any foreign antigen introduced through vaccination either live or killed requires scientific justification.

 

3. Horses which have suffered from equine influenza, they need not be burdened with EI vaccine at least for a period of six months.

 

4. Horses which have not suffered with the present equine influenza infection if protected, the vaccine regime need to be followed to provide sufficient protective antibodies. Excessive antigen load need to be avoided list horse become immuno tolerance.

 

With regards,

Prof. P.K. Uppal,

Technical Director.

 

c.c.: Shri Shivlal Daga, Coordinator, TAI