Hawthorne Race Course Continues to Deal with EHV-1
Frank Angst
November 20, 2012
Three Hawthorne horses have died since the start of the outbreak last month.
Horse breeding from planning through foal care
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.
Genetics researcher Emmeline Hill, PhD, has been named the Irish Tatler 2012 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.
There were few performance differences between foals born to healthy mares and those treated for placentitis.
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.
Case Clay of Thee Chimneys Farm was named to the position in October.
Coronavirus–common in foals–could be associated with enteric disease outbreaks in adult horses.
The Standardbred stallion will be used in several fashions at PennVet.
Nov. 7 results indicate 85 horses are negative for EHV-1; also, Oaklawn Park bans Hawthorne horses.
Estrous cycles and certain disease processes can affect mares’ reproductive hormones.
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.
Sun is evaluating the regulation of interferon gamma expression in foals and its role in R. equi resistance.
Dr. Klaus Osterrieder of the Freie Universitaet Berlin Institut feur Virologie, in Germany, discusses some key points horse owners should know about equine herpesvirus.
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