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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 – November 2011 #5 (21.11.11)

United Kingdom
Equine Herpes Virus -1 (EHV-1) Abortion 
A single cases of EHV-1 abortion was confirmed on 19th November 2011 by the Animal Health Trust in a vaccinated non-Thoroughbred mare in the West of England. Diagnosis was made by positive PCR on placental tissues only as fetal tissues were unable to be recovered for post mortem examination and laboratory testing. The aborting mare was one of a group of four vaccinated pregnant mares, which are now being maintained and monitored in isolation until foaling. There is no obvious link or geographical proximity between this case and the neurological EHV-1 outbreak reported on 18th November 2011, also in the West of England.  

 

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International Collating Centre