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New Mexico, United States
Alert ID: 145
February 04, 2016

Update: 49 horses have been confirmed positive for EHV-1 on nasal swab and/or whole blood. These horses are from 20 different barns within Sunland Park racetrack. Three positive horses are from an adjacent training facility (Frontera) close to the Sunland Park racetrack. Frontera has always been included in the original quarantine permieter. Of these 49 horses, 6 have been euthanized for progressive neurologic signs. No movement of horses is being allowed in or out of the Sunland Park quarantine perimeter.