Friday, 9 February 2018

PRO/AH/EDR> Equine herpesvirus - North America (07): USA (WA, VA, ID, WY, KY) equine

Equine Herpes Virus -- United States
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) reported [Tue 6 Feb 2018] that a King County facility has been quarantined after a horse tested positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).
In an Ag Brief on the department's website, State Veterinarian Brian Joseph, DVM, said this case is unrelated to another recent EHV case in King County.
"This is a different strain of EHV-1 than the virus strain that lead to an earlier quarantine at a separate horse facility in Woodinville this

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5618528&promed&0

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