West Virginia Tracks Issue Embargo on Horses from Ohio Farm
A suspected case of neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) has led two West Virginia racetracks to issue an embargo on any horses from a horse farm in Ohio.
According to the Wheeling (West Virginia) Intelligencer, officials at
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A suspected case of neurologic equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) has led two West Virginia racetracks to issue an embargo on any horses from a horse farm in Ohio.
According to the Wheeling (West Virginia) Intelligencer, officials at Mountaineer Park and Charles Town Races issued the embargo on horses from the Lonnie Stokes farm near Carrollton, Ohio, after a horse displayed clinical signs of neurologic EHV-1.
The 8-year-old horse, Johnny One Note, raced at Mountaineer Park March 31 and became sick on April 13.
Clinical signs of EHV-1 commonly include fever and an upper respiratory infection, and they also can include lethargy, loss of appetite, nasal discharge, and a cough. In the neurologic form of the illness, horses can suffer incoordination and an inability to stand
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