California Releases EHV Quarantine for Santa Clara County Premises
Edited Press Release
April 4, 2022
No EHV cases have been confirmed there since March 11.
No EHV cases have been confirmed there since March 11.
San Mateo County is now clear of confirmed EHV cases.
Sonoma County is now clear of confirmed EHV cases.
One premises in each of five counties remains under quarantine.
Of 39 horses on the premises, two have been confirmed as having EHV-1, and nine are suspect cases.
One premises was released from its EHV quarantine; another confirms a new case.
One more horse is suspected positive and 102 were exposed.
One horse has been euthanized. Two other horses presented with fevers and have been tested.
A total of four cases of EHM and 36 fever-only cases were confirmed at this premises during the outbreak.
The horses tested positive while under quarantine at their 60-day recheck.
Parx Racetrack in Bucks County remains free of horses with clinical signs since a horse tested positive in early March.
The horse was euthanized; 25 more were exposed.
The affected horse tested positive for both equine herpesvirus-4 and strangles.
A Washington State University survey found about 27% of U.S. horse owners obtain pain killers from noncompliant sources.
No known epidemiological link exists to other current EHV cases.
The cases are at a quarantined facility that had no known epidemiological link to EHV cases confirmed at a Riverside County event premises in February.
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