Minnesota EHV-1: Two Horses in Stable Condition
Erica Larson
November 16, 2012
The horses are currently being treated at the University of Minnesota Large Animal Hospital.
The horses are currently being treated at the University of Minnesota Large Animal Hospital.
Two of the cases are in isolation at the University of Minnesota. The third was euthanized on the home farm.
Nov. 7 results indicate 85 horses are negative for EHV-1; also, Oaklawn Park bans Hawthorne horses.
Two additional horses at Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero, Ill., were moved to an isolation barn area Oct. 26
The measures are in response to a deadly outbreak of equine herpesvirus-1 at an Illinois race track.
Dr. Klaus Osterrieder of the Freie Universitaet Berlin Institut feur Virologie, in Germany, discusses some key points horse owners should know about equine herpesvirus.
Two other horses residing at the same farm as the confirmed case were euthanized due to neurologic signs.
At least one horse has died and at least one more has contracted the disease.
Equine influenza, equine herpesvirus, strangles, contagious equine metritis, and confirmed around the world.
Whether traveling to an out-of-state show or a mile away to the park, good equine health care starts at home.
Kathryn Smith developed and validated a new real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for equine herpesvirus.
A recent study suggests anti-inflammatory drugs could reduce the rate of EHV-1 infection in horses.
One case of EHV-1 was confirmed at a Douglas County farm in May. The affected horse was euthanized.
A horse residing on the Lake County farm was euthanized and subsequently tested EHV-1 positive in May.
A Lake County, Ind., boarding facility was quarantined after an equine resident tested positive for EHV-1.
The horse was euthanized after showing severe neurologic signs associated with the disease.
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