Officials Remind Horse Owners to Practice Biosecurity

The Texas Animal Health Commission is reminding owners to take steps to keep their horses healthy by practicing simple biosecurity measures while traveling.
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The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) is reminding owners to take steps to keep their horses healthy by practicing simple biosecurity measures.

Such measures are designed to reduce the risk of introduction and transmission of an infectious disease agent, such as equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). Although Texas horses have not been implicated, EHV-1 has recently been found in other states.

Any time horses congregate at events, their chances of being exposed to an infectious disease agent increase. Potentially dangerous pathogens can be brought to and spread at an event by horses, people, domestic animals other than horses (such as dogs), vehicles, equipment, feed, waste, water, and more

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