The Equine Disease Communication Center (EDCC) reported March 1 that a horse in Martin Country, Florida, has tested positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).

On Feb. 29, the affected horse, which was stabled at the Payson Park Thoroughbred Training Center in Indiantown,  was confirmed positive for neurotrophic EHV 1 and was exhibiting consistent clinical signs.

“The entire facility has been placed under quarantine with the index case placed in isolation earlier in the day,” the EDCC statement read. “The horse was imported from Virginia and traveled with additional horses that off-loaded in South Carolina."

Additional updates will be provided as more information becomes available, the statement said

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