December 2006 An outbreak of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park in late October resulted in the state-ordered quarantine of more than 1,000 horses at that facility on Oct. 26, 2006, with horses that...
Read MoreDecember 2006 After last year’s outbreak of equine herpesvirus, which claimed the lives of six Maryland horses, the Maryland Department of Agriculture issued a new reporting requirement for Maryland veterinarians on...
Read MoreMarch 2006 At press time, the outbreak of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1, or “rhino”) that began Jan. 2 and claimed the lives of four Maryland racehorses appears to be on the wane at local tracks. Since late January,...
Read MoreMarch 2006 Two months after the initial outbreak of the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) that resulted in the euthanization of six Maryland horses, the virus appears to have run its course. The last horses to test negative for EHV-1...
Read MoreJune 2005 At Columbia Horse Center in Howard County, riders, horse owners, volunteers and employees are still holding their collective breaths, hoping the dark shadow that equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) has cast on the center will...
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