Source:
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Notes:
Orange county #1 (original EDCC notification #2438): 20 confirmed (2 EHM, 18 fever): Update 3/5/2022: Premises #1--One (1) additional horse on this premises, a 14-year-old Warmblood gelding, displayed neurological signs and was euthanized on March 2nd, and was confirmed positive for Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) secondary to equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1 non-neuropathogenic strain) on necropsy on March 5th. To date, there have been two (2) confirmed EHM cases (EHV-1 infection with neurological signs) and eighteen (18) positive EHV-1 fever-only cases associated with this incident. CDFA is actively monitoring the situation.
Orange county #2 (original EDCC notification #2451): 10 confirmed (2 EHM, 8 fever/mild signs) Update 3/5/2022: Premises #2--Two (2) additional horses on the premises displaying fever or mild clinical signs were confirmed positive for EHV-1 on March 5th. CDFA will continue to closely monitor this situation. To date, there have been two (2) confirmed EHM cases (EHV-1 infection with neurological signs) and eight (8) positive EHV-1 fever-only or mild clinical cases associated with this incident. CDFA is actively monitoring the situation.
Orange county #3 (original EDCC notification #2455): 3 confirmed (1 EHM, 2 fevers) No Change
L A county (original EDCC notification #2439): 1 confirmed (1 EHM)- No Change
San Mateo county (original EDCC notification #2405): 35 confirmed (3 EHM, 32 fevers) – Two horses with fevers and previously confirmed to be EHV-1 positive (not EHM cases) were not included in yesterday's total numbers. These have been added to today's case numbers but are not new cases.
Riverside county (original EDCC notification #2416): 34 confirmed (3 EHM, 31 fevers) Update 3/5/2022: One (1) additional horse on the index event premise, outside of the index quarantine barn, displaying fever only with no neurologic signs was confirmed positive for EHV-1. To date, there have been three (3) confirmed EHM cases (EHV-1 infection with neurological signs) and thirty-one (31) confirmed EHV-1 fever-only cases associated with this incident. CDFA is actively monitoring the situation;