The researcher replaces Dr. Peter Timoney, recently retired professor and Lennep Chair in Equine Veterinary Science at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Center.
EHV-2 and EHV-5 behave unlike EHV-1 and -4 and respond differently to antivirals, leaving researchers eager to better understand their importance.
Routine health monitoring and broader testing helped veterinarians identify an outbreak quickly.
Fifteen more horses were exposed.
The affected horse was diagnosed after presenting with fever and signs of colic.
Both affected equids reside at an Oregon rescue facility where 29 more equids were exposed.
Two of the four affected horses have been euthanized.
The horse’s facility is under voluntary quarantine following the positive test.
The 2-year-old Quarter Horse had recently returned from a show in Fort Worth, Texas.
Thirty-eight exposed horses on the affected horse’s premises are under official quarantine.
The mare’s boarding facility had pre-emptively enacted movement restrictions following a mare in another province showing clinical signs days earlier.
Another horse is suspected with the potentially deadly contact-spread disease.
Thirty-one horses were exposed and their Washington County facility is now under quarantine.
This is the state’s second confirmed equine EHV-1 case in 2021.
Equine epidemiologist Dr. Nicola Pusterla sheds light on the recent discrepant test results related to the equine herpesvirus outbreak in Sonoma County, California.
In addition, two confirmed positive horses at the index case’s home premises have received their first negative tests.
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