Diary of an EHV-1 Survivor
Twenty-year-old Radar “just wasn?t looking right” when he came in from the pasture on April 6, recalls his owner, Bill McCarthy, PhD. “When I picked his feet up to pick them out, he would just fall into me,” said McCarthy. “The next day the stat
- Topics: Article, Equine Herpesvirus (EHV)
Twenty-year-old Radar “just wasn’t looking right” when he came in from the pasture on April 6, recalls his owner, Bill McCarthy, PhD. “When I picked his feet up to pick them out, he would just fall into me,” said McCarthy. “The next day the state came out and diagnosed him with the virus (equine herpesvirus type one, or EHV-1).”
Dr. Bill McCarthy stayed with Radar as the horse made his recovery (above). Radar spent much of his illness in a sling on loan from Days End Farm Horse Rescue (below). |
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