Disease Alerts

Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: 3;
Facility Type: Stable;
Age: 9; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Warmblood (WB);
Horse Status: Affected And Alive; Vaccination Status: Status Unknown;
Notes: State veterinarian received notice from USDA that a horse destined to RI may have been exposed to neuropathogenic EHV-1 as part of a cohort that was imported from Europe after one horse in that cohort tested positive. The state veterinarian notified the horse/stable owner. The stable practices biosecurity for new horses and had isolated this horse to a separate barn on the property. That barn was placed under quarantine after the attending veterinarian reported non-neuropathogenic EHV-1 was recovered on a nasopharyngeal swab. There was a very low viral load and the horse has not exhibited any signs of disease since arrival on 4/4/21. ;