It is now been confirmed that there has been death from AHS in Bethlehem, another in East London area, one in Bergville, and one suspected north of Pietermaritzburg, plus two more in Pretoria.
Please take precaution!
Detection of African Horse sickness(AHS)
There has been a case of AHS which has been reported to the veterinary profession. We would like to inform the public of this outbreak and ask that owners are urgently recommended to take as many measures as possible to protect their horses from African Horse Sickness.
Taking Precautionary measures
Regrettably the vaccine which is available is not 100% protective (but should be used if available) and sadly the highest mortality occurs in young horses who have had few annual vaccinations.
There are more measures that can be adopted by horse owners to protect their horses and Stride tries to supplies several of these options. We also sell Equiworld Tick Dip which is a shorter acting product but it does kill ticks (which also transmit diseases).
Other available products that help with prevention include:
We regret that Glynn Catton and the normal team are not able to attend Fauresmith 2022. There will
however be a Stride stand in the normal place at Fauresmith which will be manned by Maartin
Engelbrecht. We wish to assure customers that good stocks of the normal products that are used at
Fauresmith - will be available. But in order to assist in planning because we will not have the horsebox +
space will be limited, if orders are transmitted to us prior to Thursday the 30 th of June, we will ensure
that the ordered stock is available AND special prices will be available at the stand.