EHV-1 Update 3/21/14 Two more cases were confirmed positive - TopicsExpress



          

EHV-1 Update 3/21/14 Two more cases were confirmed positive last night, one in the Rogers area (Northwest) and one in the Southwest metro. There are still several cases with results pending. Understanding the testing can be confusing - distinguishing between the respiratory and the neurologic form. Because a horse tests for the non-neuropathogenic strain does NOT mean they are not neurologic. For some reason this strain is causing neurologic tendencies. Many of these horses tested are neurologic meaning off balance, falling down, unable to rise, unable to urinate normally. It is very costly to treat these horses and they have a high fatality rate. What people need to realize is that this is a very serious disease, and is easily transmittable. Half of the horses that have tested positive are now deceased. Those that do make it but have had neurologic tendencies may never be “right” again. We have been in close contact with some of the leading experts on this disease and they all agree there is a neurologic theme to this strain despite it’s name and suggest that we continue to treat the symptoms and manage the disease not just the virus type.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:26:44 +0000

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