OQHA

ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY AUGUST 25, 2012

Online Entry

Please check back in mid-July to enter online for 2012.

Health Paper Requirements

Equine Piroplasmosis
A negative test for equine piroplasmosis will be required for all horses attending the All American Quarter Horse Congress, excluding horses traveling from Canada. The horse(s) must be tested negative by the c-ELISA assay for both Theilerta equi and Babesia caballi. All horses entering the Congress shall be accompanied by an official laboratory report or certificate of veterinary inspection indicating the negative piroplasmosis result, laboratory and accession number. Testing shall completed on a blood sample collected within one (1) year prior to entry onto the Congress show grounds and have been conducted by a laboratory certified and approved by the USDA.

Ohio Horses
A negative EIA (Coggins) test and a negative Equine Piroplasmosis test, both within the past 12 months, are required for Ohio horses. (ORC 901:1-18-08).

Horses Entering Ohio
A Certificate of Veterinary Inspection made out within the past 30 days before the opening date of the Congress (October 5, 2012) must be presented for any horse that is entering Ohio to enter the grounds. All horses entering Ohio that are 12 months of age or older also must present a negative EIA (Coggins) test from the past 12 months before the opening date of the Congress (October 5, 2012). The EIA test results shall be listed on the Certificate of Veterinary Inspection or on an EIA Test Form (ORC 901:1-18-08). A negative Equine Piroplasmosis test completed within one year before the opening date of Congress is also required, except for horses traveling from Canada.

Attention Exhibitors:
Do not send CVI or EIA papers with your entries. The Ohio Department of Agriculture officials will inspect your papers prior to your being allowed onto the grounds.

Cutting Entries

NCHA cutting entries are handled by the following individual and are not processed by the OQHA office. For cutting entries ONLY, please contact:

Carol Osborne
Zanesville, OH 43702
(740) 819-3087