{"id":4812,"date":"2011-05-19T10:13:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=4812"},"modified":"2011-05-19T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:13:12","slug":"nationwide-equine-herpesvirus-ehv-1-investigation-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/nationwide-equine-herpesvirus-ehv-1-investigation-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) Investigation Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"


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AUSTIN <\/strong>– Animal Health officials nationwide are currently investigating the possible spread of the\u00a0neurologic form of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV-1) disease, which has been detected in horses that\u00a0participated in the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championships in Ogden, Utah\u00a0from April 29 – May 8. EHV-1 is a viral disease of equine which does not affect humans. The neurologic\u00a0form of the disease can manifest itself as hind limb weakness, tremors, recumbency or other nervous\u00a0system type symptoms which may be preceded by fever or respiratory signs. The disease is most\u00a0commonly spread by aerosol transmission and can result in death of the affected animal. Texas Animal\u00a0Health Officials are currently investigating approximately 20 horses in Texas that were reported to have\u00a0attended the event. All horses known to have attended the event are under movement restrictions.<\/p>\n

Texas has only one confirmed clinical case of neurologic EHV-1 so far, which was a horse originating\u00a0from New Mexico that sought treatment at a vet clinic in West Texas earlier this week. The horse has\u00a0since been returned to New Mexico and is now quarantined on its premises of origin. A number of other\u00a0states have also reported clinical cases in horses that attended the event. Texas veterinarians and TAHC\u00a0officials will continue to monitor all exposed horses closely and it is possible that new cases will be\u00a0diagnosed. \u201cStrict adherence to the imposed movement restrictions and practicing good biosecurity\u00a0procedures by the involved horse owners will be the key to limiting the scope of this situation\u201d, stated Dr. Dee Ellis, Texas\u2019 State Veterinarian.\u00a0\u201cThe TAHC has not recommended the cancellation of any events or imposed more stringent interstate\u00a0entry requirements at this time, but that decision will be re-evaluated daily\u201d, added Dr. Ellis. Horse\u00a0owners are advised to contact their veterinarian or local TAHC office if they have any questions\u00a0concerning the health of their equine. Biosecurity measures recommended for the exposed horses include\u00a0isolation, daily temperature monitoring, use of separate tack and buckets, use of protective outer clothing\u00a0by caretakers, disinfectant foot baths, and handling exposed animals last when feeding or providing care.\u00a0Horse owners planning on attending upcoming events are encouraged to contact event organizers in\u00a0advance in case they have voluntarily cancelled the event. Horse owners should also contact the state of\u00a0destination for any out of state shows they wish to attend to determine their latest entry requirements. The\u00a0TAHC will continue to monitor the current situation and will provide timely updates as new information\u00a0is received.<\/p>\n

For information regarding EHV-1, visit www.tahc.state.tx.us . Several useful links can also be accessed\u00a0through our website. You can also keep up with EHV-1 information through our Facebook<\/p>\n

(www.facebook.com\/TexasAHC<\/a>) and Twitter (www.twitter.com\/TAHC<\/a>) .<\/p>\n

\"\"Texas Animal Health Commission <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cServing Texas Animal Agriculture Since 1893\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dee Ellis, DVM, MPA ? Executive Director<\/p>\n

P.O. Box l2966 ? Austin, Texas 78711 ? (800) 550-8242 http:\/\/www.tahc.state.tx.us<\/p>\n

For more information contact the Public Information office at 1-800-550-8242, ext. 734 or at leisa.fletcher@tahc.state.tx.us<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN – Animal Health officials nationwide are currently investigating the possible spread of the\u00a0neurologic form of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV-1) disease, which has been detected in horses that\u00a0participated in the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championships in Ogden, Utah\u00a0from April 29 – May 8. EHV-1 is a viral disease of equine which does […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disease-outbrake","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4814,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4812\/revisions\/4814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}