Florida Confirms Equine Influenza Case
Edited Press Release
February 14, 2022
A private facility in Palm Beach County is under voluntary quarantine.
A private facility in Palm Beach County is under voluntary quarantine.
This affected horse displayed fever but no neurologic signs.
The affected horse and all exposed equines are under official quarantine.
The 3-year-old colt, trained by Bob Baffert, died suddenly at the end of a workout in December. Controversy surrounded his first-place finish in the 2021 Kentucky Derby after he failed race-day drug testing.
A San Mateo County boarding facility remains under official quarantine with CDFA monitoring the outbreak.
Twenty-eight horses at the affected horse’s training facility are under official quarantine.
The affected horse’s premises are under official quarantine until TAHC requirements are met.
No additional clinical signs of cases have been confirmed since the affected horse’s removal to her Sonoma County home premises.
The mare is currently under quarantine. Twenty-seven additional horses were placed under quarantine and are being monitored.
The horse resides in Park County.
One horse was euthanized.
Forty-six more horses were exposed.
The index case tested positive for equine infectious anemia while in Arizona.
The Ozaukee County horse is under voluntary quarantine.
The affected horse was placed under voluntary quarantine.
The case marks the state’s first EHM confirmation this year.
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