EHV-1: New Jersey farm quarantined
A New Bailiwick of Jersey farm has been quarantined next the diagnosis of the neurologic shape of equine herpes virus (EHV-1) inward a 22-year-old horse.
The New Bailiwick of Jersey Department of Agriculture said the Equus caballus inward enquiry had non left the Warren County farm inward years.
The thoroughbred mare was euthanized on March 31 after it had a rapid progression of neurological signs typical of the disease. It later tested positive for EHV-1.
There are several other horses acquaint at the property, none of whom convey shown signs of the disease.
It is the 3rd instance of the illness inward New Bailiwick of Jersey this year. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 positive Equus caballus inward Somerset County prompted quarantines at ii farms inward Jan together with ii other farms were quarantined inward Feb due to a sick Equus caballus inward Gloucester County. No other horses inward the ii unrelated cases showed signs of the illness together with the quarantines were lifted after 21 days.
“The subdivision took swift activity to foreclose the illness from spreading to other horses past times enacting a quarantine, which stops displace of horses inward together with out of the farm together with puts inward house preventive measures to incorporate the virus,” New Bailiwick of Jersey agriculture secretarial assistant Douglas Fisher said.
The EHV-1 virus tin spread speedily from Equus caballus to horse, has a high morbidity together with tin campaign a broad make of symptoms, from a consummate lack of clinical signs to respiratory problems, specially inward immature horses, together with spontaneous abortions inward meaning mares.
The neurologic form, additionally, tin campaign an acuate paralytic syndrome, which results inward a high mortality.
The incubation menstruum of EHV-1 is typically 2 to 10 days. The virus spreads readily through straight contact amongst infected materials.
While highly infectious, the virus does non persist inward the surroundings together with is neutralized past times manus soap, alcohol-based manus sanitizers together with sunlight. The virus does non touching humans together with other domestic animals, amongst the exception of llamas together with alpacas.
Concerned owners should consult amongst their veterinary prior to taking whatsoever activity every bit the clinical signs of infection amongst the neurological shape of EHV-1 (EHM) are mutual to many other diseases. It is a reportable illness inward New Jersey.
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