Florida EHV-1: Equine Influenza Confirmed at HITS Facility
Erica Larson
March 6, 2013
Multiple horses exhibited clinical signs of influenza before testing positive for the disease.
Multiple horses exhibited clinical signs of influenza before testing positive for the disease.
Animal health officials are monitoring horses stabled at the HITS facility in Ocala, Fla., for signs of EHV-1.
The Utah state veterinarian’s office has now confirmed a total of six equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) cases.
A quarantine on a Wellington horse farm due to EHV-1 has been released; the case count in Ocala holds steady.
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.
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