EHV-1 Quarantine Remains in Place at Belmont Park
Edited Press Release
January 22, 2018
Since being released from Cornell Ruffian Equine Hospital, the affected horse has been quarantined at Belmont.
Since being released from Cornell Ruffian Equine Hospital, the affected horse has been quarantined at Belmont.
The horse had been a patient at the New Bolton Center, where it was exposed to a horse subsequently diagnosed with EHM.
On Jan. 16 a horse recently admitted to the hospital for non-neurologic signs tested positive for EHV-1.
Diagnostic evaluation begins with a neurologic exam to localize the lesion and continues with more focused testing.
Sixteen horses at one King County facility have tested positive for EHV-1, seven of which have been euthanized.
The affected 13-year-old Haflinger gelding is not exhibiting neurologic signs of disease at this time.
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Confirmed diseases include influenza, EHV, strangles, nocardioform placentitis, piroplasmosis, EIA, and more.
The horse resided at a small private barn and, at this time, it appears that only a few horses could have been exposed.
Vaccination and biosecurity can help keep your horse healthy when you take him off the farm.
The state Department of Agriculture is working with the equine industry and veterinarians to contain the diseases.
No additional EHM cases have been identified since the removal of the positive horse on April 21.
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