The “miserable, tragic experience” of losing a dozen horses and fighting to save more than 100 others which became ill has devastated the University of Findlay. It will take weeks or months for the remaining 30 horses with neurologic signs of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) to recover. The outbreak began on Jan. 12, and the losses were still occurring as late as Feb. 1, when the last of four horses sent to The Ohio State University for critical care died. A total of 12 horses have died or been euthanized since the outbreak began.

Nine horses have suffered from fevers since Jan. 28, but those horses have not exhibited neurologic signs. A total of 42 horses showed neurologic signs during the outbreak; all horses which died had neurologic signs. The 30 surviving horses are stable and in some cases showing improvement