The latest from Stillwater Equine: 4-8-2014 The case in St Croix County came back positive today. Interestingly, and unfortunately , this same farm had a down horse that was euthanized February 15, 2014. The current EHV-1 outbreak was not identified until March 17,2014. On March 17 the Veterinarian that had been treating this horse ask the Diagnostic lab to relook at the case to determine if the horse was EHV-1 positive on February 15, 2014. The tests were inconclusive. It is possible that this was one of the first cases in this outbreak. A new case was reported today in Isanti County MN Case State County Date Case 0 WI St Croix County high suspicion euthanized 2/15/2014 Case 1 MN Chisago Euthanized EHV-1 positive 3/8/2014 Case 2 MN Chisago Recovering EHV-1 positive 3/8/2014 Case 3 MN Dakota Euthanized EHV-1 positive 3/18/2014 Case 4 WI Polk Recovering EHV-1 positive3/20/2014 Case 5 MN Hennepin Recovering EHV-1 positive 3/21/2014 Case 6 MN Freeborn Recovering Test positive 3/26/2014 Case 7 MN Wright Test positive 3/26/2014 Case 8 Iowa and MN Freeborn and Hennepin Positive 3/26/2014 Case 9 MN Wright county Test positive 3/29/2014 Case 10 WI St Croix County Recovering Test positive 4/4/2014 Case 11 MN Isanti 4/7/2014 test pending Case 1+2 are on the same farm Case 0 + 10 are on the same farm Many of these horse are on, or have been on, the same farm as barrel or game horses. This outbreak started on the North East side (metro area) then went to the West side than the east side now back to the north west side. We are not sure what this means but it may have to do with the shipment of horses.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 04:08:24 +0000
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