The Maryland Department of Agriculture has confirmed a horse in Montgomery County tested positive for EHV-1 on March 9.
The horse was sent to Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., for treatment and was later euthanized because of complications. Two other horses from the farm were sent to the clinic for diagnosis and isolation, and are currently being treated.
There were 44 horses in the barn on the index farm exposed to EHV-1. They are quarantined and possible links to the EHV-1 positive horses are being investigated.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has provided the following updates on the EHV-1 outbreak in California:
Orange County Premise #1: 23 confirmed EHV-1 cases: two (2) EHM and 21 with fever only.
Orange County Premise #2: 16 confirmed EHV-1 cases: two (2) EHM, 14 with fever and mild signs.
Orange County Premise #3: 20 confirmed EHV-1 cases; two (2) EHM, 18 with fever only.
San Mateo County Premise #1: 40 confirmed EHV-1 cases; four (4) EHM, 36 fever only.
San Mateo County Premise #2 (original EDCC notification #2479): 3 confirmed (1 EHM, 2 fever)- no change
Riverside County: 35 confirmed EHV-1 cases; three (3) EHM, 32 with fever only.
Santa Clara County: two (2) confirmed EHM. One euthanized.
CDFA is actively monitoring all situations.
For more information, visit the Equine Disease Communication Center.
Click here for an EHM factsheet.
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