Articles by Lisa M. Krieger of MediaNews group posted today (March 25) stated that the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) had claimed the lives of three horses and caused illness in several others on the San Mateo coast in Californina, causing many stables to stop movement of horses and resulting in events cancelled.

Krieger’s articles stated that the San Francisco Horseman’s Association show in Moss Beach, Calif., has been postponed; the Los Altos Hounds, a hunt club, canceled its ride; and a U.S. Pony Club clinic on April 15 has been cancelled.

Her article quoted John Madigan, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of the University of California, Davis, as saying the outbreak is “reasonably well contained at this point. But, it has to be watched for the next two to three weeks for complete containment.”

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