Three EHV-1 cases reported in Minnesota

Three cases of the neurological shape of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) inwards horses accept been diagnosed past times equine veterinarians at the University of Minnesota.

The horses are from a unmarried farm inwards the state’s Wright County.

Two of the horses are at nowadays inwards isolation at the university’s Large Animal Hospital, a divide facility one-half a mile away from the Leatherdale Equine Center as well as Piper Performance Clinic.

The 3rd illustration was euthanized on the farm.

Staff are monitoring 4 remaining horses on the farm.

Tests from ane of the hospitalized horses yielded positive confirmation of EHV-1 infection on Wednesday. Tests from the mo Equus caballus are pending.

Since the farm has been closed to Equus caballus movements for at to the lowest degree the past times half-dozen months, in that place piffling run a endangerment that to a greater extent than horses accept been exposed, the academy said.

Stringent infection command measures were introduced instantly at both the Leatherdale Equine Center as well as Large Animal Hospital.

Isolation stalls are inwards usage to protect other infirmary patients as well as the equine community at large.

Biosecurity measures inwards usage on campus include physical as well as airspace quarantine of the affected horses, closure of the Large Animal Hospital to all horses except those that may decease affected every bit usage of the outbreak, restriction of access to the Large Animal Hospital to essential personnel only, maintenance of divide veterinary as well as technical attention teams at the Leatherdale Equine Center as well as Large Animal Hospital, as well as management of cases past times board-certified specialists inwards Large Animal Internal Medicine as well as Infection Control.

The Piper Clinic inwards the Leatherdale Equine Center volition stay opened upward to serve the needs of clients, as well as enhanced biosecurity protocols are inwards house to ensure the security of horses admitted to that divide facility.

University of Minnesota said the isolation unit of measurement included a sling if either affected Equus caballus needs it, as well as that the isolation capabilities fifty-fifty include divide ventilation as well as air filtration for the sick horses.

The primary large brute hospital, where the sick horses are housed inwards isolation, is non nearly the Leatherdale Equine Center, which is located inwards a divide usage of the campus. Officials said that the presence of the ii sick horses should non behavior upon whatever horses at the Equine Center.

Equine herpesvirus-1 is a highly contagious virus that causes respiratory disease, abortion, as well as intermittent outbreaks of neurologic illness inwards horses.

There is no bear witness that additional horses accept been exposed inwards the Wright County outbreak, but symptoms that should alarm Equus caballus owners to the possibility of neurologic EHV-1 infection include:

• Fever.
• Weakness as well as pathetic coordination.
• Urine dribbling or inability to urinate.

 

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