California Department of Food and Agriculture
Number Confirmed: 19;
Number Suspected: 4;
Number Exposed: 300;
Facility Type: Boarding Facility;
Age: 19; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Draft-cross; Onset of Clinical Signs: 2/14/2022;
Clinical Signs: Fever; Confirmation Date: 2/16/2022; Horse Status: Affected And Alive;
Notes: Update 2/17/22: Previous Alert IDs: 2405, 2406, 2408, 2410, 2415, 2423: One (1) additional horse, a 19-year-old Draft cross gelding, from the index premises displaying fever only with no neurological signs was confirmed positive for EHV-1 on February 16th, and has been isolated at the index premises. To date, two (2) EHM cases (EHV-1 positive with neurologic signs) and seventeen (17) EHV-1 febrile only cases have been confirmed. The quarantine will be released when all positive horses have had two (2) consecutive negative tests seven (7) days apart. CDFA continues to actively monitor the situation.
Updates on current disease outbreaks are listed on our EDCC website as they occur and will include the date listed, disease name, location and current status. Specific premises will not be named but the general location by town, county and state will be listed. When locations, events or horses are at risk they will be listed. Updates will be posted as they are received. All information is sourced from: http://equinediseasecc.org/alerts/outbreaks
