A horse in Clark County, Nev., has tested positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), according to Nevada Acting State Veterinarian Anette Rink, DVM, PhD.

On April 17 Rink told TheHorse.com via e-mail that the affected horse has never exhibited neurologic signs of disease and "is expected to make a full recovery." The animal is currently isolated and under quarantine, and all stablemates’ temperatures are being monitored daily.

"This is an individual case, not an outbreak, and no other horses outside the premises have been exposed," she wrote.

Although it’s not transmissible to humans, EHV-1 is highly contagious among horses and camelids and is generally passed from horse to horse via aerosol transmission (when affected animals sneeze/cough) and contact with nasal secretions. The disease can cause a variety of ailments in equines, including rhinopneumonitis (a respiratory disease usually found in young horses), abortion in broodmares, and myeloencephalopathy (EHM, the neurologic form)