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The Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources, and Fisheries published a new circular on October 10, 2025, regarding the prevention and control of equine rhinopneumonia.

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1-CONTROL HAZARDS RELATED TO INTERVENERS

- Install a fence around the establishment to control access.

- Provide parking outside or inside the establishment, away from the stables.

- Provide a fenced area for storing roughage and concentrated feed.

- Provide a fenced area for temporary manure storage.

- Provide a wheel washing basin at the entrance to the establishment for vehicles (cars and transport trucks, bicycle).

- Clean and disinfect horse transport vehicles before use.

- Provide a footbath at the entrance to the stable for authorized personnel (farrier, rider, veterinarian, stable staff).

- Do not use the same tack equipment for all horses in the stable and, if necessary, disinfect the equipment before each use.

- Provide hand-washing points.

2-CONTROL HAZARDS RELATED TO INTRODUCTION

- Set up a quarantine area at least 50 meters from the stable to isolate newly arrived horses for 21 days after purchase to ensure they are disease-free.

- Upon returning from an event (sporting or otherwise), monitor the competition horse, taking its temperature twice a day for 3 days, and separate it from horses that have not left the facility.

- Pets (cats and dogs) not belonging in the establishment can be disease vectors.

3-CONTROL ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

- Avoid all contact with horses outside the facility during rides, equestrian events, or in pastures.

- Have a pest control plan.

- Have a plan for the removal of manure and all types of waste from the establishment.

4-CONTROL HAZARDS INSIDE THE STABLE

- Set up a feed storage area near the stables.

- Set up a temporary manure storage area more than 100 meters from the stables.

- Install a permanent fence to protect horses in the stable from contact with neighboring equines (horses, donkeys, mules).

- Provide each horse with its own water trough and feed trough, which must be cleaned daily.

- Vaccinate and deworm horses.

- Provide each horse with an accompanying document or passport.

- Provide each horse with an individual Health Record.

- Maintain a breeding register to track horse movements.

- Identify all horses with a microchip.

- Provide each horse with its own tack.

- Have a firefighting plan.

- Have a stable cleaning and disinfection plan.

5- MANAGING THE EMERGENCE OF DISEASE IN A STABLE

- Isolate the sick horse from other healthy horses, and a veterinarian must be invited to examine it.

- Limit staff movement and divide the stable into two zones: the infected zone and the healthy zone.

- Respect the principle of "forward movement" from the healthy zone to the infected zone.

- Start by grooming and cleaning healthy horses before sick horses.

- Turn healthy horses out into the paddock before sick horses.

- Wash your hands as frequently as possible before moving from one horse to another.

- Monitor the health of all healthy horses in the stable daily.

- Establish a twice-daily temperature check for all horses in the stable.

- Implement the cleaning and disinfection plan for the stable, tack equipment, and maintenance utensils.

- Immediately report to the veterinary services of the regional agricultural delegations any contagious animal disease subject to regulations and general control measures.

Note No. 429 of September 21, 2025 concerning health measures against the spread of equine rhinopneumonia during sporting events under the aegis of the Tunisian Federation of Equestrian Sports.