New Product Reduces Clinical Signs of Herpes

Pfizer Animal Health on Feb. 8 announced the release of Zylexis in the United States, which according to the company’s research prepares the horse’s immune system to function more efficiently against equine herpesvirus-1 and -4 (EHV-1 and EHV-4)

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Kentucky Rescinds Maryland EHV Restrictions

On March 31, one week before Keeneland’s spring race meet is set to begin, State Veterinarian Robert Stout, DVM, lifted restrictions for all Maryland horses entering Kentucky racetracks based on information provided by the Maryland Department of

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Florida MRLS Update 3-31-06

A second foal has been confirmed as having died from mare reproductive loss syndrome (MRLS) in Florida, according to Dana Zimmel, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, Dipl. ABVP, of the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The first case was a

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NYRA to Accept Maryland Shippers March 18

(Edited press release)


The New York Racing Association will allow horses to ship into its racetracks–Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga–from Maryland beginning March 18, providing those horses meet certain

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Kentucky Updates Restrictions on Maryland Horses

(Edited press release)


Officials from the Kentucky’s Office of the State Veterinarian announced Thursday (March 9) that they have removed restrictions on horses originating from Chevation II, a barn at Fair Hills Training Center

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Remaining EHV-1 Quarantines Lifted at Pimlico and Bowie

The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has lifted hold orders on the detention barn at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and a barn at the Bowie Training Center in Bowie after the final four horses in those barns tested negative for equine

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Maryland Veterinarians Must Report Neurologic Cases

The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) has added equine neurologic syndrome to its list of infectious livestock or poultry diseases that must be reported to MDA officials. Under Maryland law (Agriculture Article, Section 3-105 Annotated

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Hold Order Lifted at Laurel Park

(edited press release)


The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) released its hold order on Laurel Park’s Barn 9 on Friday, March 3, which means 34 horses that tested negative for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) at the Laurel,

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Hold Order Lifted on Kent County Farm

Seventeen horses on a Kent County, Md., farm tested negative for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) on March 3, resulting in the March 4 removal of a Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) hold order that had prevented equine transport to and from

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Equine Herpesvirus Test Pending on Philly Park Horse

Officials at Philadelphia Park are awaiting test results from a horse that was euthanatized Feb. 23 to determine whether it had equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).


Kari Oakie, a 3-year-old Thoroughbred filly trained by Armand Correnti, fell

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Maryland EHV-1 Outbreaks Winding Down

Veterinarians suspect the recent deadly outbreaks of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) in Maryland have subsided. The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) reported EHV-1 outbreaks at two Maryland tracks, a race training facility, and a private

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Paralyzed With Fear

There have been numerous outbreaks of the deadly neurologic form of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) recently

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Herpesvirus in Five States

T he neurologic form of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) has been diagnosed in at least five different states in January and February (The Horse learned of a fifth state with herpes after the cover went to press). While many of the

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