Fla. horse farm is quarantined to prevent a second EHV-1 outbreak

Two horses have been euthanized and a Jonesville area farm is under state quarantine as a result of an equine neurologic disease called EHV-1 that was confirmed last week.

State Department of Agriculture veterinarians are keeping an eye on the remaining 12 horses on the farm, identified only as a private pasture. The 12 horses have shown no symptoms, according to veterinarian Susan Tanhauser of the North Florida Equine Veterinary Service, which treated the horses. Read more…