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Shippers to Resume at Fair Grounds

While a barn in Fair Grounds' stable area remains under a Louisiana State Racing Commission quarantine, horses will again be allowed to ship in and race at the track beginning with the Dec. 31 card.

 Monday, December 29, 2008

EHV-1 Quarantine Forces Seven Scratches at Calder

Calder Racecourse's Grand Slam III card will be short seven scratched entries as a result of a Dec. 29 decision by Florida state officials to keep the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) quarantine in place at Payson Park Training Center.

 Friday, December 29, 2006

EHV-1 Update: Nine Confirmed Cases in Florida

There have been nine confirmed cases of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) and five deaths have been attributed to the contagious equine disease in Florida, according to an update from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services/Division of Animal Industry.

 Tuesday, December 26, 2006

EHV Concern Prompts Racing, Training Restrictions at Calder

Calder restricts training hours, racing entry of horses in two barns that may have been exposed to neurological form of equine herpesvirus type-1 (EHV-1). Regulations expected to last into early January.

 Thursday, December 21, 2006

Calder Confirms EHV Virus

Following the confirmed case of Equine Herpes Virus Type I in a horse that had been stabled at Calder earlier this month, the Miami track has taken action to avoid the spread of the potentially lethal airborne virus.

 Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Calder Forum on Equine Health Set Dec. 20

Calder Race Course in conjunction with Fort Dodge Animal Health will offer a one-hour forum Dec. 20 on health maintenance practices and infection control in horses.

 Sunday, December 17, 2006

New Jersey Quarantines Clinic After EHV Positive

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture's Division of Animal Health has issued a quarantine at the Mid-Atlantic Veterinary Clinic in Ringoes, Hunterdon County, after a horse recovering from surgery there tested positive for the equine herpes virus.

 Friday, November 03, 2006

West Virginia Tracks Lift Embargo on Horses from Ohio Farm

A horse that had displayed symptoms of equine herpes virus has tested negative for the disease, resulting in the lifting of an embargo imposed by two West Virginia tracks on the Ohio farm where the horse was kept.

 Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Fair Hill Horse Positive for EHV; Virus Detected in Early Stages

Maryland officials reported Wednesday that a horse which tested positive for equine herpesvirus type-1at Fair Hill Training Center in Cecil County, Md., last week, has recovered from its fever and has shown no signs of neurologic illness.

 Thursday, February 16, 2006

EHV Concerns Close Penn National Stable Gate to Outside Horses

While no new cases of the Equineherpes Virus (EHV-1) have been diagnosed at Penn National Race Course since a horse trained by Todd Beattie tested positive Jan. 20, the stablegate remains closed to outside horses.

 Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Suspected Equine Herpesvirus Causes

Suspected cases of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) have caused the Maryland State Veterinarian to place an "Investigational Animal Hold Order" on a private farm in Kent County, Md., located near the state's Eastern Shore.

 Thursday, January 26, 2006

EHV Spreads in Northeast; Penn National Horse Tests Positive

In the wake of a horse being diagnosed with equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) at Penn National Race Course on Friday, Philadelphia Park has banned shippers from that oval, effective immediately. Shippers from Maryland, including the Bowie Training Center, are also prohibited.

 Saturday, January 21, 2006

No New Cases of Equine Herpesvirus at Turfway Park

As of 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 10, there were no new cases of equine herpesvirus at Turfway Park, said Rusty Ford of the Kentucky State Veterinarian's office.

 Tuesday, January 10, 2006

No New Cases of Equine Herpesvirus at Turfway Park

As of 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 10, there were no new cases of equine herpesvirus at Turfway Park, said Rusty Ford of the Kentucky State Veterinarian's office.

 Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Suspected Case of Equine Herpesvirus at Pimlico

Officials at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland have isolated five horses in the detention barn and put a "hold order" on barn 5 while they determine whether a horse stabled in the barn, who was euthanized earlier this week, was infected with equine herpesvirus.

 Friday, January 06, 2006

NYRA Vet Requires 48-Hour Certificate for Kentucky Shippers

All horses shipping onto New York Racing Association properties from Kentucky as of Dec. 31 will be required to be accompanied with a 48-hour Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI), said Rusty Ford of the Kentucky State Veterinarian's office.

 Saturday, December 31, 2005

Five Horses at Turfway Confirmed Positive for EHV

The Kentucky State Veterinarian's Office announced Dec. 30 that, while 11 horses from Turfway Park's Barn 26 that previously tested positive for equine herpesvirus now test negative, five horses still tested positive. They quarantined seven horses in the outrider's barn.

 Saturday, December 31, 2005

Last of Asmussen Horses Out Of Quarantine

Test results on the last three horses remaining in equine herpes virus quarantine at Churchill Downs found that all traces of the virus are gone from their systems and all three have been cleared to rejoin the general horse population at the track.

 Thursday, June 16, 2005

Quarantine Keeps Summerly Out of Dogwood

Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Summerly was a surprise no-show when entries were drawn on Thursday for Saturday's $150,000-added Dogwood Breeders' Cup (gr. III) at Churchill Downs.

 Thursday, June 09, 2005

Third Barn Cleared for Training at Churchill Downs

Horses stabled in the third Churchill Downs barn placed under quarantine by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture because of confirmed cases of equine herpes virus have been cleared to return to the track for limited training.

 Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Levy Board Adopts New Codes for Infectious Diseases

Britain's Levy Board has extensively changed its codes of practice regarding the infectious diseases contagious equine metritis, equine herpesvirus, and equine viral arteritis.

 Thursday, December 11, 2003

Great Britain Revises Codes on Infectious Diseases

Britain's Levy Board has extensively changed its codes of practice regarding the infectious diseases CEM, EHV and EVA, which can severely disrupt horse breeding.

 Thursday, December 11, 2003

Equine Herpevirus Hits Several Regions of England

Several regions of the United Kingdom have been fighting the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1). At least 12 horses have been euthanized due to advanced neurologic deterioration resulting from infection.

 Tuesday, April 15, 2003