California EHV Quarantine Released
Edited Press Release
April 12, 2021
No further cases were reported at the Santa Clara County premises within 14 days.
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No further cases were reported at the Santa Clara County premises within 14 days.
All six affected horses survived the potentially deadly virus.
Pimlico and Laurel Park have suspended racing to mitigate EHV cases.
The state does not presently have any EHV-1 cases or quarantines in effect.
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One barn released from quarantine, with additional barn to be retested later this week.
The case, located at the Winter Equestrian Festival, is unrelated to either of the state’s previous outbreaks this year.
Release of the index horse follows the release of the premises on March 24.
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More than 21 days have elapsed since the last horse exhibited fever.
The Quarter Horse from Parker County is the state’s first confirmed case of EHM this year.
Three horses at the private facility were exposed after the affected horse arrived from Mexico.
Hospitalized geriatric horses that recovered from severe colitis showed positive changes in their gut microbiota after receiving diluted feces from healthy horse donors.
Veterinarians sought to determine whether phosphorylated neurofilament heavy (pNfH), a protein unique to neurons, could be used to diagnose CVCM, eNAD/EDM, and shivers.
No additional cases have been confirmed for 14 days.
The Sonoma County boarding facility has had no further cases in 14 days.
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