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Equine Herpesvirus- Respiratory

Oldham County, KY

Alert ID: 424

January 12, 2017

After developing a fever on 1/9/2017, one horse residing on a premises different from the original premises in Oldham County tested positive for EHV1 (wild type). There have been no neurologic abnormalities seen. The affected horse on this new premises was moved to an isolation barn when fever was detected and plans are in place to remove him from the premises tomorrow. The barn where this horse resided was placed under order of quarantine by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA). All the horses’ temperatures in all barns on the premises are being monitored and recorded daily. KDA has and will continue to have personnel on the grounds monitoring activity. Samples (nasal swabs and whole blood) were collected from each horse residing in the affected barn and those samples were submitted to the laboratory for EHV-1 testing. Although this is the second premises currently under quarantine are in Oldham County, different strains of the virus are involved. There is no evidence that this case is related to the initial outbreak reported on 1/7/17.

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