| 21. | International Olympic equestrian officials want a waiver for horses that are carriers for piroplasmosis, a sometimes fatal horse disease.
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| 22. | A piroplasmosis outbreak among rodeo horses in Georgia in 1963-64 was contained by slaughtering all of the horses.
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| 23. | At issue is piroplasmosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne disease that has shown up primarily in European horses.
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| 24. | The commissioner is concerned that piroplasmosis, common among horses in Europe and South America, could spread to Georgia.
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| 25. | Slutyer said latest figures compiled by the federation show that at least 28 horses eligible for the Games have piroplasmosis.
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| 26. | Fischler wants Georgia to allow horses infected with the tick-borne disease piroplasmosis to compete in the 1996 Olympics.
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| 27. | But, Knowles said, recent research shows that the more common dog tick and winter tick may also carry piroplasmosis.
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| 28. | Some event hosts have been lenient about horses with piroplasmosis in the past, but Georgia isn't one of them.
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| 29. | The EU wants Georgia to allow horses infected with the tick-borne disease equine piroplasmosis to compete in the 1996 Olympics.
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| 30. | The federation will present updated statistics on the number of horses expected to compete at the Olympics that could be carriers of piroplasmosis.
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