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Equine Herpesvirus- Respiratory

Fredericksburg and Powhatan County, VA

Alert ID: 868

March 23, 2018

Source: Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

On February 27, 2018, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) placed the Hazelwild Farm in Fredericksburg under quarantine for Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM). Utilizing separate biosecurity protocols, the farm immediately isolated a barn housing boarding horses from another barn that houses school horses. Since the quarantine began, four horses in the school barn developed fevers and tested positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1), but no horses developed neurologic signs. None of the boarding horses tested positive for EHV-1. On March 20, 2018, VDACS released the boarder barn from quarantine. The barn housing school horses will remain under quarantine for 21 days after the last clinical case. A second unrelated farm in Powhatan was also placed under quarantine for EHM on February 27. The remaining horses showed no further signs of illness and that farm was released from quarantine on March 21.

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