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Equine Herpesvirus- Neurologic

Cooke County, TX

Alert ID: 221

June 02, 2016

Since the two original confirmed EHM positive horses at a Cooke County, TX breeding facility on May 24-25, five additional horses have tested positive for EHM on whole blood PCR. Nasal swabs were also used and four horses tested negative and one tested positive. The newly confirmed horses were surrounding the original cases and isolated at the first sign of fever. None of the newly diagnosed horses have shown any neurological signs. The affected barn has a total of 40 horses and the farm is under quarantine and restricted from movement of animals and semen.

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