Researchers investigated tackling placentitis on three fronts using a combination of firocoxib, trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole, and altrenogest (a progestin used to suppress estrus).
The second of two barns remains under quarantine due to confirmed EHV- cases.
Monitoring has revealed that no additional horses contracted EHV-1.
Approximately 100 horses remain isolated at the racetrack following exposure and quarantine.
Officials continue to monitor the San Bernardino County outbreak.
State officials issue an update on the San Bernardino County outbreak.
Officials strike a preemptive blow to limit potential disease introduction by horses possibly exposed in Remington Park’s equine herpesvirus-1 outbreak.
The affected horse was euthanized due to complications.
The New Mexico State Racing Commission has barred racetrack entry for horses from Remington Park, in Oklahoma, until further notice.
The state veterinarian’s office has quarantined the affected horse’s residence and those horses exposed at the veterinary hospital.
Sixty-six exposed horses in the deceased horse’s barn at Remington Park in Oklahoma City remain sidelined by quarantine.
California has confirmed EHV-1 in two additional febrile horses.
No horses other than the index case showed signs of the disease.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture continues to monitor the situation in San Bernardino County.
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