The admission and discharge restrictions put in place at the North Carolina (NC) State University Equine and Farm Animal Veterinary Center in connection with a case of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) have been lifted as of Jan. 12, according to a statement on the school’s website.

"Horses in the Center when the mare entered the isolation unit are being discharged, and new outpatient and elective cases will be accepted," the statement continued. "Emergency cases admitted during the past week will continue to be hospitalized for a total of seven days. Strict biosecurity measures will continue while the mare remains in the separate isolation facility."

The admission and discharge restrictions were put into place on Jan. 4 after a mare was admitted and subsequently tested positive for the neurologic form of EHV-1, the statement noted.

"With the prior warning we were able to take the horse directly from the farm into our separate isolation unit so no horses currently in our hospital were exposed," Sam Jones, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, NC State professor of equine medicine, said in a previous statement