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What disease does coggin's test for?

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EIA - Equine Infectious Anemia

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What disease is a coggins test for?
Equine infectious anemia (aka, swamp fever)
What is the coggins test?
It is a test that shows whether or not a horse has the virus that causes Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). For more information on EIA and the Coggins test, check out this...
What is the name of the disease a coggins test is used to detect?
Equine Infectious Anemia "EIA".
What does a horse coggins test look for?
It is a blood sample. The vet will screen the blood, searching for exposure to the virus Equine Infectious Anemia. If it is detected, it is usually fatal and your horse must not be exposed to the...
Can blood tests detect diseases?
Obvisouly, That's how they find out most diseases..