MHIB NOTICE

Would you like to be notified by the Maryland Department of Agriculture in case of an emergency situation related to equine? This could include natural disasters, animal health emergency, or other related events.

Send your name and email address to 911@marylandhorseindustry.org

Once received the Maryland Horse Industry Board will include your email address into its email notification system. The system currently has hundreds of addresses, lets work to make it thousands of addresses.

Maryland Horse Industry Board

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MDA NOTICE

Horses and mules evacuated to MD from a declared disaster or evacuation area should have documentation of a current negative EIA test (the test done within one year). If this is not possible, equine from the disaster/evacuation area will be allowed into MD by the Md. Dept. of Ag. Animal Health without testing for a period of up to three days but they must be segregated from other horses that have the proper documentation and must return to their state of origin after that time. If it is a private facility then the owner will decide whether to allow the animal on their premises with no current health papers or EIA testing.  If it is not a private facility it would be up to the state or the local county agency to determine what health or EIA testing is needed. If they remain in MD after 3 days, they must be quarantined, examined by an accredited veterinarian and have an EIA test at the owner's expense. 

Maryland Department of Agriculture

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View the Maryland Horse Industry Board website for over 450 facilities which are licensed to Board horses in the State of Maryland.  That list includes contact, city and county  information for all of those facilities http://www.marylandhorseindustry.org/Stables06.htm