Source:  FDACS

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Animal Industry has issued the following notice:

Equine Herpes Virus type 1

There is currently an EHV-1 neurological disease outbreak occurring in several Western states and Western Canada. Currently, we do not have any horses in Florida known to be exposed to the virus related to that particular outbreak and we do not have any increased intra or interstate movement requirements. There are some states, however, that are adding additional requirements so we recommend that all those leaving Florida transporting horses contact the state of destination to ensure full compliance.

In a separate incident we have one farm in Alachua County, which is under state quarantine, that has had two horses euthanized due to complications of EHV-1 infection (one case suspected and one confirmed). We believe that the index case occurred on the quarantined farm due to reemergence of a latent infection and that no exposure has occurred off the affected premises.

We will continue to monitor the situation in our western states and plan to post information on our Web site weekly, or more frequently, if needed.
Additional information about the disease as well as a national summary can be found at the following link:  www.aphis.usda.gov