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International Breeders' Meeting

INTERNATIONAL COLLATING CENTRE


    Animal Health Trust
    Information Exchange on Infectious Equine Disease
    Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU, England
    Telephone:  + 44 (0) 1638 555399
    Fax: + 44 (0) 1638 555659
    Website: http://www.aht.org.uk    /icc/linksicc.html

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    PLEASE CONTACT RICHARD NEWTON OR MAIRE O’BRIEN ON THE ABOVE NUMBER, OR E-MAIL
    maire.obrien@aht.org.uk  TO SUBMIT REPORTING INFORMATION

 

Interim Report – January 2012 #2 (12.01.12)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) Neurological Disease
A single case of equine herpesvirus-1 neurological disease (Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy or EHM) has been confirmed in a horse from a stable in Rockingham County, North Carolina.  Background details of this isolated case, nature of the disease and outcome of genotypic characterisation of the strain of virus involved are not yet available.  Appropriate biosecurity measures have been implemented to minimise the risk of further spread of the virus.

 

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International Collating Centre