Egypt has been declared CEM-free by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), according to the country's Minister of Agriculture, Al-Sayed Al-Qusseir. This announcement is part of Egypt's strategy to support the export of Egyptian Arabian horses and builds on the country's previous declaration of freedom from equine Pythiosis in March 2021 and the directive by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to focus on breeding purebred Egyptian-Arabian stallions.