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Equine Herpesvirus- Respiratory

Montgomery, Calvert, and St. Mary's Counties, MD

Alert ID: 859

March 09, 2018

Source: Maryland Department of Agriculture

The Maryland Department of Agriculture has reported three farms in Maryland were put under hold on March 1, 2018 as they had horses that had been at the premises in VA the weekend of February 24 and 25. One farm in Montgomery County reported a horse with a fever that did test positive on blood only not on the nasal swabs on March 5. A horse was reported with a fever on a farm in Calvert County on March 7 but tested negative on blood and swabs both on March 8. The third farm in St. Mary's county reports that all horses remain afebrile. All three farms remain under hold orders. No horses have displayed any neurologic signs.

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