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Alert ID: 890
April 20, 2018

California Department of Food and Agriculture.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture confirmed two new cases of EHV-1 in the previously quarantined barn in Orange County on April 18th, 2018. A mare displayed a fever the morning of April 17,2018 and a horse which was febrile for one day on Sunday, April 8th. Both horses have been placed in separate quarantine isolation stabling on the property. An additional horse displaying a fever on April 18, 2019 tested negative for Equine Herpesvirus-1. The horse will be retested to confirm negative status. Exposed horses under quarantine continue to be monitored with twice daily temperature recordings. CDFA staff continues to be onsite to monitor the situation. For more information go tohttps://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/equine_herpes_virus.html