EHV Confirmed at Fair Grounds Race Course
Erica Larson
December 27, 2016
A 2-year-old Thoroughbred gelding stabled at the Louisiana track was euthanized after developing neurologic signs.
A 2-year-old Thoroughbred gelding stabled at the Louisiana track was euthanized after developing neurologic signs.
Some quarantines remain in place at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, in Los Angeles County, and in Inyo County.
Meanwhile, no new cases have been confirmed in the unrelated Inyo County incident.
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Tests are being run on another Los Angeles County horse and an affected Inyo County horse developed neurologic signs.
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.
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