Coggins Test For EIA

Coggins test:

  • This is a federally mandated blood test for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)

  • This test is required to cross from any state into another state, to travel to another country, or when a horse is sold.

  • The blood sample is sent by a federally accredited veterinarian to a federally approved laboratory. Dr. Wilson is a federally accredited veterinarian.

  • EIA is highly contagious, and there is no cure for EIA. Please read the horse health article “Equine Infectious Anemia [EIA]”.

  •  There have been positive EIA cases in most of the lower 48 states, including the Pacific Northwest.