Turfway Park EHV Update: Barn 14 Released From Quarantine
Erica Larson
March 1, 2018
With this release, there are no barns under restriction or quarantine at Turfway Park Race Course.
With this release, there are no barns under restriction or quarantine at Turfway Park Race Course.
A recently imported Warmblood mare now residing in Kentucky has tested positive for the neurologic strain of EHV-1.
The prognosis for performance soundness in nonracing horses diagnosed with sagittal groove injury and concurrent osteoarthritis is poor, researchers found.
The affected Quarter Horse exhibited fever, ataxia, and other neurologic signs of disease.
The 7-year-old Quarter Horse mare became clinical on Jan. 31 and was euthanized due to a poor prognosis.
A 10-year-old pony horse at the Cypress, California, track was euthanized after displaying severe neurologic signs of disease.
Ultrasound is a useful screening tool for assessing some deep digital flexor tendon lesions, but it could cause veterinarians to underestimate navicular bursa and collateral sesamoidean ligament lesions.
The affected horse exhibited hind limb ataxia but remained in stable condition.
A 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly residing in Barn 30 tested PCR positive on both nasal swab and blood.
Meanwhile, no new fevers or EHV cases have been detected in the quarantined barn at Turfway Park, in Northern Kentucky.
Three Quarter Horse mares exhibited clinical signs including fever, ataxia, and neurologic deficits. Two have been euthanized.
The affected horse presented with neurologic signs on Feb. 8 and was moved to a referral hospital. One barn at the track is quarantined.
This case, confirmed in a horse that recently shipped from Oregon, is not related to ones diagnosed in December 2017 at a different facility.
The two horses at Turfway Park that tested positive for EHV earlier in the week have been isolated at a private facility.
A second horse at the affected farm was diagnosed with equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EMH).
A 6-year-old Quarter Horse gelding located near Gillette was euthanized. Tests results on a second horse remain pending.
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