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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.
The horse’s Whatcom County boarding facility is under voluntary quarantine.
Other horses were potentially exposed at two events.
The original hold order has been reset.
The case marks the province’s fifth confirmed case of EHV-1 resulting in EHM.
Two additional horses are suspected to have equine influenza, and four additional horses were exposed.
One of the horses was euthanized. The state has placed an additional 22 potentially exposed horses under quarantine.
Exposed horses now number 31.
The Sonoma County horse is undergoing treatment at a veterinary isolation unit.
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