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Equine Herpesvirus- Respiratory

California, United States

Alert ID: 391

December 13, 2016

There are currently five (5) horses in quarantined isolation at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. Three (3) of these horses are remaining in isolation as additional negative tests are anticipated. Two (2) of the horses continue to shed virus and will be resampled for diagnostic EHV-1 testing. None of these five (5) horses are febrile or showing neurologic symptoms at this time. Barns D, E and F have not had a confirmed EHV-1 case and these three barns have been released from quarantine as of 0700 on December 11, 2016. Barns A and B have not had a confirmed case in three (3) weeks and four (4) weeks, respectively, and have been released from quarantine as of 0700 on December 13, 2016. All horses in C Barn continue to be quarantined. The LAEC incident has had a total of fifteen (15) EHV-1 confirmed cases, all of those caused by the non-neurotrophic strain EHV-1 virus. Enhanced biosecurity measures continues in C Barn under quarantine and all horses’ temperatures continue to be monitored twice daily. For more info go to: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/equine_herpes_virus.html

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