California EHV-1: New Cases Confirmed in Inyo County
Erica Larson
December 8, 2016
Inyo County’s case total has risen to three, while just one horse remains isolated in the Los Angeles County outbreak.
Inyo County’s case total has risen to three, while just one horse remains isolated in the Los Angeles County outbreak.
Animal health officials say the case is unrelated to the 13 cases confirmed in Los Angeles County in the past few weeks.
All horses in the high-risk barns tested negative and no additional cases were detected during the 14-day quarantine.
Of the 412 respondents, 193 (47%) said their horses received boosters for equine herpesvirus and influenza this fall.
Twelve horses at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center remain in quarantine.
No other horses at the Thoroughbred track and casino have presented with clinical signs consistent with EHV-1 infection.
Nine horses currently reside in quarantine at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center related to an EHV outbreak.
A horse that was previously quarantined for a fever and initially tested negative for EHV-1 has been confirmed positive.
The horse at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center was febrile and displaying mild neurologic signs.
Three additional horses at the index premises tested positive for EHV-1 late last week.
Take steps to prevent your horse from contracting potentially deadly diseases such as EHV or rabies during competitions.
Two Saddlebred horses tested positive for the non-neuropathogenic strain. One of the horses has been euthanized.
Asymptomatic carrier stallions maintain infectious agents in the breeding population from one season to the next.
Reported diseases include African horse sickness, herpesvirus, influenza, strangles, and equine infectious anemia.
The 18-year-old Quarter Horse mare from Newport was euthanized at Washington State University.
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