Pennsylvania Horse Tests Positive for EHM
Edited Press Release
November 5, 2019
Thirty-three additional horses were exposed to equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy.
Thirty-three additional horses were exposed to equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy.
A Suffolk County facility on Long Island where an aged gelding was diagnosed with EHM is resuming normal operations after clearing the required quarantine period.
Two Maryland horses were also exposed. Officials have quarantined the Loudoun County premises.
The affected Clark County facility is under mandatory quarantine.
Kansas becomes the eighth state with confirmed vesicular stomatitis virus this year.
This newest case of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy in California is reportedly not related to the four horses recently confirmed in Shasta and Sonoma counties. Sixty additional horses were exposed.
For the first time, Australian researchers have confirmed 15 cases of chlamydial respiratory infection in neonatal foals. Scientists had previously only detected the bacterium in a few adult horses.
Colorado and Wyoming have newly confirmed positive and suspect premises.
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has enacted an official quarantine.
Equine coronavirus is a relatively new discovery in equine medicine. Here’s what you need to know about this pathogen.
No new VSV-infected premises were identified in Nebraska or Utah. Colorado and Wyoming added new cases and premises.
Four states have newly confirmed positive or suspect premises.
CDFA recommends vigilance for potentially exposed horses.
The agency reports three states have been released from VSV quarantine.
According to a Sept. 19, 2019, USDA update, the number of newly affected premises has dropped for first time in five weeks.
Use these disease prevention strategies to protect your horse on the farm, at the horse show, and in the breeding shed.
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