EHV-1 cases disrupts racing at Vernon Downs, NY

Location of Vernon Downs, inwards Oneida County, New York.

A example of equine herpes virus-1 has disrupted racing at an upstate New York harness-racing track.

Vernon Downs’ stable surface area remains nether quarantine equally a security precaution afterwards the example was diagnosed on Saturday. The infected five-year-old Equus caballus was euthanized.

Saturday’s racing was cancelled equally a consequence of the case.

Track officials said the virus was currently contained to i barn on the Vernon backstretch. That barn is nether constant secured quarantine.

At this time, the intention is to race Thursday’s menu at Vernon using entirely those horses stabled at the track.

No visiting horses volition endure granted entry to the barn surface area as well as volition endure scratched from the races without penalty.

The length of the quarantine is undetermined at this time.

The province of affairs volition give-up the ghost along to endure monitored past times both rail as well as terra firma officials as well as whatever updates volition endure advised.

The rail advised a listing of precautions for those who had horses that raced at Vernon Downs from Apr xix to May 3.

Owners of horses that raced at Vernon during that catamenia were told to contact the Tioga Downs or Meadowlands Race Office to beak over what stipulations needed to endure met for the entry to endure accepted for racing at those tracks.

Upon arrival at the tracks, the shipper must hit an official wellness certificate electrical flow inside 72 hours as well as each Equus caballus volition endure plain of report to an exam past times a rail veterinarian.

 

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