All operations at Suffolk Downs have returned to normal after tests came back negative on five horses who developed elevated temperatures after one horse stabled on the backside died from a case of equine herpes myelitis earlier this month.

Biosecurity measures and protocols to stop the spread of the contagious disease, which can cause respiratory distress, neurological disease, and death, had been in place at the Boston track since June 9.

 

Track officials were notified of the latest test results by Dr. Lorraine O'Connor, the chief veterinary health officer for the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. The incubation period of two to 10 days has passed

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