Equine Herpes

As many may already know, there was a recent outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM), or Equine Herpesvirus I (EHV I), at a horse show in Utah.  The USDA official report is as follows:

“Several horses recently competing in the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championship in Ogden, Utah, held April 29-May 8, have been diagnosed with EHV-1. Reports of affected horses have been received from multiple states and Western Canada, with several fatalities.

At this time, APHIS understands the virus to be present in horses that attended the cutting horse event and horses that came into contact with those that attended the event”. (1)

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