EHV-1 in Nevada: Three Cases Confirmed
Edited Press Release
March 21, 2019
Three horses in Clark County have tested positive for EHV-1, and three facilities there have been quarantined.
Three horses in Clark County have tested positive for EHV-1, and three facilities there have been quarantined.
The unvaccinated 3-year-old Miniature Horse from Lowndes County is recovering with supportive care.
Researchers found that, overall, the British owners surveyed had poor awareness of bugs (such as mosquitoes and midges) and insect-transmitted diseases that could affect their horses.
The 11-year-old Warmblood gelding began exhibiting an intermittent fever on March 1, tested positive for EHV on March 5, and is recovering.
The Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System said the horses were epidemiologically linked to a previously identified case in Alberta and were sampled as part of an ongoing disease investigation.
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Officials confirmed EIA in nine racing Quarter Horses located at a Smith County premises. Subsequently, seven of the EIA-positive horses and one additional horse on the property tested positive for equine piroplasmosis.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed a positive case of EIA in a horse at Gulfstream Park, a racetrack in Broward County, Florida.
A week prior to the abortions, two horses on the same farm developed clinical signs consistent with the neurologic form of EHV-1. These horses were euthanized and no further diagnostic testing was performed, OMAFRA said.
There are two EHV cases—including one EHM case—and three suspect cases at a single Morgan County facility.
Six other horses from the same Rutherford County farm tested negative but will remain quarantined until they are tested a second time.
The three affected Quarter Horses from Paulding County have been euthanized.
The affected mare exhibited neurologic signs of disease. She and the other horses residing at the farm have been quarantined.
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