Two More California Horses Confirmed With Equine Infectious Anemia
Edited Press Release
March 29, 2022
The horses tested positive while under quarantine at their 60-day recheck.
The horses tested positive while under quarantine at their 60-day recheck.
Parx Racetrack in Bucks County remains free of horses with clinical signs since a horse tested positive in early March.
The horse was euthanized; 25 more were exposed.
The affected horse tested positive for both equine herpesvirus-4 and strangles.
No known epidemiological link exists to other current EHV cases.
The cases are at a quarantined facility that had no known epidemiological link to EHV cases confirmed at a Riverside County event premises in February.
No additional cases have been confirmed since March 11.
The index horse and 39 others are quarantined at a DeKalb County facility.
California released an EHV outbreak update on March 18, 2022.
One horse was euthanized, and two of 44 more that were exposed tested positive.
Orange County’s third affected premises shows the only change in number of cases since March 15.
The property where the horse resides is now under a voluntary quarantine.
The state has released case numbers current as of March 14, 2022, for the ongoing outbreak.
The latest statistics confirm a total of 11 EHM cases and 86 EHV-1 cases with fever and/or mild signs only.
No known epidemiological link exists between this and two other affected premises in the county.
The state veterinarian released a letter urging organizers to postpone equine events and limit horse transportation due to the EHV outbreak.
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