The University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center has the only Office International des Epizooties (OIE, or World Organization for Animal Health) reference laboratory for equine herpesvirus in the Western hemisphere. Samples from most of the outbreaks are sent there so George Allen, PhD, professor in the department of veterinary science and head of the OIE laboratory, can type these viruses to see which strains are circulating. Recently The Horse interviewed Allen and Peter Timoney, FRCVS, PhD head of the Gluck Center, on the basics of neurologic EHV-1, characteristics of current outbreaks (see www.TheHorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=6645) and what we’ve learned about preventing the illness and controlling its spread