EHV-1 Horse Health Alert
The Horse Staff
March 4, 2013
Special Edition: We address current EHV-1 cases in North America and offer information to protect your horses.
Special Edition: We address current EHV-1 cases in North America and offer information to protect your horses.
Veterinarians have confirmed an additional case of EHV-1 in connection with the HITS circuit in Ocala, Fla.
Two horses previously housed in FEI stabling at the PBIEC tested negative for EHV-1 Feb. 28.
A Canadian Horse mare was euthanized before testing positive for EHV-1. More than 50 horses are quarantined.
Five additional cases of EHV-1 have been confirmed in connection with the HITS circuit in Ocala, Fla.
Two additional horses have tested EHV-1 positive, bringing the total confirmed count in Utah to four.
The horse tested negative on a nasal PCR swab, but positive for EHV-1 on a blood test.
The state veterinarian has issued a quarantine in Cache County following confirmation of EHV-1 cases.
HITS reported in a Feb. 25 statement that no new cases of the disease have been detected.
Smith’s research focused primarily on the neurologic manifestation of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1).
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture has quarantined two farms after horses at both were exposed to EHV-1.
A horse at the HITS circuit reportedly has been diagnosed with the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus-1.
Authorities have released all quarantine and hold orders related to a horse that tested positive for EHV-1.
The World Organization for Animal Health?s (OIE) standards help prevent the spread of infectious disease.
Colorado animal health authorities have placed a quarantine on seven horses including the index case.
There are 236 OIE reference laboratories covering 112 animal diseases, including equine-specific ailments.
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