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Equine Herpesvirus- Respiratory

Kentucky, United States

Alert ID: 439

January 21, 2017

The Kentucky Office of State Veterinarian quarantined a barn on the backside of Turfway Park after a horse from that barn tested positive the Equine Herpesvirus Type-1 wild strain on PCR assay. The 2014 Thoroughbred filly, had been stabled in the barn at Turfway from October 30 through January 19, 2017. A nasal swab sample was collected prior to moving the horse to a private facility for breeding in 2017. The filly is currently in isolation offsite on a private farm. The State Veterinarians’ Office issued a directive on Friday night, January 20, that horses in the affected barn are quarantined and security is in place to only allow access by essential personnel. Results of testing are expected to be available Monday evening, January 23. The Office will develop schedules to allow eligible horses in the barn to work on the track outside normal training hours after all other horses have returned to their barns. After reviewing movement records of horses in and out of Turfway, horses in two barns at the Keeneland training center have been identified for potential exposure. Each of those barns also has been placed under quarantine, and arrangements are being made to sample those horses.

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