Outbreak Update: Kentucky Horses Test Negative for EHV-1
Edited Press Release
April 7, 2021
One barn released from quarantine, with additional barn to be retested later this week.
One barn released from quarantine, with additional barn to be retested later this week.
The International Forum for the Aftercare of Racehorses (IFAR) is hosting its fifth forum as a virtual series on each Tuesday during the month of April.
No other horses have shown fever or clinical signs for 24 days.
Three horses at the private facility were exposed after the affected horse arrived from Mexico.
Canadian officials have enacted voluntary quarantines at both facilities.
The cases are not epidemiologically linked to recent Marion County cases.
An analysis of EID data shows a decrease in the rate of fatal injury in 2020 compared to 2019.
No additional cases have been confirmed for 14 days.
The Sonoma County boarding facility has had no further cases in 14 days.
The horse’s Whatcom County boarding facility is under voluntary quarantine.
Other horses were potentially exposed at two events.
The original hold order has been reset.
The case marks the province’s fifth confirmed case of EHV-1 resulting in EHM.
Two additional horses are suspected to have equine influenza, and four additional horses were exposed.
Three exposed mares remain under 21-day quarantine.
One of the horses was euthanized. The state has placed an additional 22 potentially exposed horses under quarantine.
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