EHV-1 Case Brings Quarantine at Parx Racing

Two barns at Parx Racing are under quarantine as a result of a positive test for equine herpesvirus.
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Two barns at Parx Racing, in Bensalem, Pa., are under quarantine as a result of a positive test for equine herpesvirus (EHV-1), officials said Nov. 13.

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture statement, "Some horses at the track came into contact with the positive horse and have shown clinical signs of the disease, ranging from fever to neurological impairment. The horses remain under quarantine until test results are completed."

The EHV-1-positive horse is trained by Steve Klesaris, who stables in Barn 21. Several other trainers have horses in the barn; none are permitted to train.

Barn 34 is under quarantine because a horse from Barn 21 was recently claimed and moved there. Parx officials said testing on that horse is under way, but in the meantime no horses from that barn will be permitted to train. In addition, a pony barn was quarantined pending test results on a sick horse

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Tom LaMarra, a native of New Jersey and graduate of Rutgers University, has been news editor at The Blood-Horse since 1998. After graduation he worked at newspapers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as an editor and reporter with a focus on municipal government and politics. He also worked at Daily Racing Form and Thoroughbred Times before joining The Blood-Horse. LaMarra, who has lived in Lexington since 1994, has won various writing awards and was recognized with the Old Hilltop Award for outstanding coverage of the horse racing industry. He likes to spend some of his spare time handicapping races.

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