Equine Influenza Confirmed in Virginia
Press Release
March 12, 2021
An attending veterinarian has reported a case of equine influenza in Fairfax County, Virginia.
An attending veterinarian has reported a case of equine influenza in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Veterinarians have confirmed two more Washington state horses with equine influenza (EI). One of the horses also has respiratory EHV-1.
Two additional cases at a Kitsap County boarding facility are suspected among 25 horses exposed.
Not all equine influenza vaccines are the same. Does that mean horses need boosters when receiving a different EIV vaccine than they’ve gotten in the past? Researchers investigated.
Four additional horses at the same boarding facility were exposed.
Twelve additional equids were exposed.
Their Los Angeles County boarding facility remains closed to ingress and egress.
The 13-year-old Paint gelding was undervaccinated.
Four additional horses were exposed.
Two additional horses are suspected positive, and five more horses were exposed.
The affected horse’s boarding facility in Lewis County is under voluntary quarantine.
A Thurston County facility confirms three horses positive, with another four exposed.
Nearly 40 Riverside County burros have died from the disease.
The affected horse’s facility in Mason County is under voluntary quarantine.
A Linn County Quarter Horse tested positive for the respiratory disease. Ten additional horses are suspected positive and under a voluntary quarantine.
WSDA officials have enacted a voluntary quarantine.
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