New Jersey Horse Tests Positive for Neurologic EHV

The index farm and veterinary clinic at which the horse was treated are currently under quarantine.
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The New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) has quarantined properties in Hunterdon and Somerset counties after a horse tested positive for equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the often-deadly neurologic form of the equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) infection.

No recent horse movement had occurred at the index farm prior to this case. The horse was moved into the isolation barn at a local animal hospital the evening EHM was confirmed. Both the horses at the original farm and the hospital are under quarantine.

Nine horses were being treated at the hospital at the time of the incident, several of which were exposed to the ill horse. Seven of these horses will be moved to a remote facility, which also will be placed under quarantine so the hospital can be cleaned and disinfected in order to reopen. Other than the initial case, none of the quarantined horses at either location are showing clinical signs at this time. Both locations are taking the necessary biosecurity precautions to limit the spread of the virus. Temperatures also are being taken twice daily on all quarantined horses.

“The department took swift action to prevent the disease from spreading to other horses by enacting a quarantine, which stops movement of horses in and out of the properties and puts in place preventive measures to contain the virus,” said New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher

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