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Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic

Woodford, KY

Outbreak Identifier: 4614

Alert ID: 2019

April 03, 2021

Confirmed Case(s) - Official Quarantine

Source: Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Number Confirmed: 6;
Number Exposed: 27;
Facility Type: Training Facility;
Age: 3; Gender: Mare; Breed: Thoroughbred (TB); Clinical Signs: Ataxia, Febrile; Horse Status: Exposed; Vaccination Status: Not Reported;
Notes: Update April 3, 2021; Original Alert ID# 1982; 1988; 1992: Blackwood Training Center Woodford County Kentucky: Results of testing on the samples (Nasal Swabs and Whole Blood EDTA) collected from each horse stabled in Barn B on Wednesday, March 31 have been reported negative for detection of EHV1 DNA by PCR testing. In addition to the testing that has been completed, the horses have been monitored daily and our findings support that it has been greater than 14 days since any horse in Barn B was last potentially exposed to a clinical case. Meeting the criteria above provided us the confidence needed to release the group of horses in barn B from restriction and allowed them to resume their normal training and racing activities beginning on Friday, April 2nd. Barn A at Blackwood: Daily monitoring of the horses stabled in Barn A continues. There have been no additional fevers or other symptoms in the group, and we have tentatively scheduled the horses in Barn A to be sampled (nasal swabs and whole blood) and tested by PCR later next week.

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