Utah Neurologic EHV-1 Quarantine Lifted
Edited Press Release
November 27, 2012
No further EHV-1 cases have been diagnosed in the Utah since the initiation of the quarantine on Oct. 17.
No further EHV-1 cases have been diagnosed in the Utah since the initiation of the quarantine on Oct. 17.
Five of seven horses residing on the index farm have developed clinical signs consistent with the disease.
Three Hawthorne horses have died since the start of the outbreak last month.
Equine herpesvirus-1, vesicular stomatitis, and West Nile virus were all confirmed in Colorado horses in 2012.
British trainer Victor Dartnall is dealing with an outbreak of neurologic EHV-1 at his yard in North Devon.
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.
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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.
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