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Equine Herpesvirus- Respiratory

Albemerle County, VA

Alert ID: 794

January 23, 2018

Source: Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

On Thursday January 18, the State Veterinarian’s Office of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) confirmed that a horse that had been exposed to another horse with Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) tested positive for Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). The infected horse is on a small private sport horse farm in Albemarle County. The horse had been a patient at New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine where it was exposed to a horse that was subsequently diagnosed with Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy. The Virginia horse had a fever but is not showing any other clinical signs. The farm in Albemarle County is under quarantine and all exposed horses are being monitored twice daily for fever (temperature over 101.5⁰ F) and other clinical signs. No horses have been off the farm since this horse returned from New Bolton Center. No other horses have been exposed to this horse.

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