Four Saskatchewan Premises Identified With EIA
Edited Press Release
March 16, 2021
All four premises are epidemiologically linked.
All four premises are epidemiologically linked.
Officials suspect two additional cases of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy.
A Webb County premises is currently under quarantine related to the case.
An additional 23 horses on the property were potentially exposed.
One of the horses attended at show in North Salem on March 4-5.
An additional 45 horses at the affected Los Angeles County boarding facility are currently under quarantine.
A mare showed neurologic signs of the disease on March 1. Three days later a second horse, her neighbor, exhibited a fever.
The 3-year-old Thoroughbred’s training facility is under quarantine.
The chief revision: addition of intrathecal lidocaine hydrochloride 2% with the horse in a surgical plane of general anesthesia.
Both facilities are under a 21-day voluntary quarantine.
Officials have deemed the cases unrelated.
Outbreaks worldwide prompt enhanced biosecurity recommendations for equine events.
This case has not been connected with international travel, transport, or exhibition.
Both horses were recently stabled at the World Equestrian Center, in Ocala, during competition.
A. Gary Lavin, VMD, veterinarian, Thoroughbred breeder, and exemplar of leadership in his profession, died at his home in Louisville, Kentucky, on Feb. 27. He was 83.
Seventy-two potentially exposed horses were released from restricted movement following 14 days of monitoring.
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