Kansas Horse Euthanized after Contracting EHV-1

This horse had previously been to a large barrel racing event in Lincoln, Neb., on April 10-13; in the days following that event, a Wisconsin horse was also confirmed positive for EHV-1 and euthanized.
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The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) Animal Health Commissioner Bill Brown, DVM, confirmed late yesterday (April 29) that a horse euthanized last week in northeast Kansas has been confirmed positive for a wild-type, non-neurotrophic strain of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).

The affected horse was euthanized and samples were sent to Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory on April 25. Preliminary tests showed lesions consistent with EHV-1. Additional samples were then sent to Equine Diagnostics Services in Lexington, Ky.; those PCR test results confirmed the horse was positive for the virus. The KDA received those results yesterday afternoon.

This horse had previously been to a large barrel racing event in Lincoln, Neb., on April 10-13; in the days following that event, a Wisconsin horse was also confirmed positive for EHV-1 and euthanized.

The KDA encourages horse owners to monitor animals carefully for signs of the disease, by checking temperatures twice a day for changes and implementing good biosecurity practices for an equine facility

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