The EIA-positive Quarter Horse from Bexar County has been euthanized and the affected Maverick County Quarter Horse has been transferred to a quarantine facility.
The EHV-1-positive horse has been placed in isolation and the facility has been quarantined.
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The affected 19-year-old Quarter Horse mare belongs to a college rodeo participant and recently traveled to events in the Great Plains Region.
The horse diagnosed with EHM attended high school rodeos in Laramie on April 7 and 8 and Rock Springs on April 14 and 15.
Two mares residing at the quarantined California facility have been diagnosed with EHM, the neurologic form of EHV-1. Seven and three horses have now been diagnosed with EHV-1 and EHM, respectively.
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The horse was euthanized due to a suspected case of rabies but was later confirmed positive for equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neurologic form of EHV-1.
Three additional horses have tested positive for equine hepresvirus-1 (EHV-1), California animal health officials reported.
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The index case–a 17-year-old Thoroughbred gelding diagnosed with EHM, the neurologic form of EHV-1–remains quarantined and isolated offsite and continues to show clinical improvements.
The mule exhibited mild respiratory clinical signs and ultimately died due to pneumonia complications.
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A 17-year-old Thoroughbred gelding was diagnosed with EHM, the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) after developing neurologic deficits.
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