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Hi List ! Found this posted on the Carriage Driving List tonight. Wow, if you live in, or travel out of MI. this is big stuff....esp. with multiple horses. * If you travel with your horse within or into or out of Michigan, you may find this of interest. Mich. has changed to a *calendar year* requirement for Coggins. As one person pointed out, this makes it virtually impossible to Legally transport a horse in Mich. at least a few days at the beginning of the year because of processing time. :( If you have to haul your horse to the vet to get the test in the first place, you have an interesting problem. JanisCJ > http://www.mda.state.mi.us/ahealth/eia/ > > http://www.mda.state.mi.us/ahealth/eia/faq.htm > > These are the links for the new Coggins test law in Michigan. Horses must > be > tested if taken off your premises. You will have up to 72 hours to provide > proof of a negative Coggins test if you are caught without proof while > riding, showing, etc. This includes horses being ridden on public roads in > Michigan, horses being taken to shows, trail ridesand to the vet and for > horses that are to be sold. > > The test is good for the CALENDAR year not for a 12 month period. The Ag > Dept feels this gives the best chance of locating positive serum animals as > the winter months are a vector free period and antibodies to the disease > will develop prior to January testing. Some shows may require a Coggins > test > within 6 months of the show date so you may end up pulling two tests a year > for horses that are both ridden on the road in the winter and shown > throughout the summer and fall.
