possible ev-1 break out..palm meadows

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

just in time for gulf stream...sh it!! link it please,,bloodhorse..

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

just in time for gulf stream...sh it!! link it please,,bloodhorse..

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/tod...68300&subsec=1

Hooves,
I'm not reading it the same way you are. Unless you heard something thats not out there in cyberland yet.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

of the 15 horses shipped in many are missing....the blood horse said..

Originally Posted by oracle80

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/tod...68300&subsec=1

Hooves,
I'm not reading it the same way you are. Unless you heard something thats not out there in cyberland yet.

So far its only the equestrian area farms , but , what I wonder is , they ship horses in the same vans , don't they ? While there are careful quarantine procedures for the stable areas, what about the vans that transport, tbreds as well as the show horses ?

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by point given

So far its only the equestrian area farms , but , what I wonder is , they ship horses in the same vans , don't they ? While there are careful quarantine procedures for the stable areas, what about the vans that transport, tbreds as well as the show horses ?

That is what worries me. Said the gelding that shipped from Europe to NY to KY to Cali was traveling to KY with a mare (who is fine as of now and showing no symptoms), then he gelding went to Cali with two other horses who they said were believed to be thoroughbred yearlings. The gelding is the first horse who died.

[Buffymommy]

Here is the article I read.
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=8456

[paisjpq]

just links please buffy.

Like I said earlier in the thread....it brings to the surface the need for a national ID system...the fact that 9 horses are unaccounted for should be seen as a very big problem IMO...now, one can assume that they are healthy (since they have not surfaced as sick) but they could also be carriers, horses that have been exposed to and shed virus without actually becoming symptomatic...

[Buffymommy]

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=36779


I have heard rumors that some of the horses may have been at Palm Meadows at one point. I may be wrong so don't hold me to it. I just read it on a website.

This is very scary. Rumor that some horses in the area that I ride in have been showing signs. Not at my barn or near them, but in Jupiter Farms.

[paisjpq]

things like this are what make the idea of mandatory identification in a national database a very good idea.

Calder is having a forum this Wednesday @ 10 AM for all in the Winnersedge room. Dr. Rocky Bigbie will be speaking on the subject.

http://www.calderracecourse.com/news..._12172006.html

For more articles on the subject of the virus in the south florida area, the Sun Sentinel has been following this for the past few days. The Wellington equestrian horse shows seem to be the ones more involved in this, with 19 horses reportedly sick. " Six of the horses have shown neurological symptoms.... 3 died, but only one was confirmed to have the equine herpes virus...test results on the others are due back soon. "

There is a Wellington hotline; 561-791-4003, then 7.

State Dept. of Agriclture website for updates is;

www.doacs.state.fl.us

[paisjpq]

not sure if this has been posted previously, in May the Horse magazine (Bloodhorse counterpart) put out a special section about the diease. It's really a big Phizer advertisement but contains good information for anyone who doesn't know what Equine herpersvirus is or does...

http://www.thehorse.com/pdf/ehv/specialreport.pdf

I also saw a report from Cornell last year that said one of their researchers had discovered that horses vaccinated with a modified live virus (MLV) fared much better when exposed than horses vaccinated with the standard killed virus...thus far I believe this is only in the research stages, I think that most horses right now are given a killed version of the vaccine.