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Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic

Cobb County, GA

Outbreak Identifier: 4718

Alert ID: 2095

June 14, 2021

Confirmed Case(s) - Official Quarantine

Source: Georgia Department of Agriculture

Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: 46;
Facility Type: Boarding Facility;
Horse Status: Euthanized;
Notes: The Georgia Department of Agriculture’s (GDA) Animal Industry Division received confirmation of equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neurologic disease linked to equine herpesvirus (EHV-1), in a Cobb County equine on June 11, 2021. The affected equine was humanely euthanized. The facility is under quarantine and being monitored by GDA and the attending private practitioner. For more information about EHM go to the EHM Factsheet.

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