Number of Horses Diagnosed Positive For EHV-1 in New Mexico Outbreak is 61
(SUNLAND PARK, N.M.) – To simplify our reporting on the rapidly-changing EHV-1 virus outbreak at the Sunland Park Racetrack, we will update the list below regularly with the most current information. While the situation warrants, we will also e-mail blast this information as it is updated.
Latest Information:
- Number of horses diagnosed positive for the EHV-1 virus to-date: 61
- Number of horses released today from the isolation barn: 3
- Number of exposed barns that have been returned to non-exposed status to-date: 6
- List of facilities within the quarantine perimeter:
Sunland Park Racetrack, Frontera Training Center, Jovi, and Lazy S.
Biosecurity measures among horsemen and women are still necessary, such as taking temperatures twice a day, handwashing, washing/disinfecting anything a horse has touched or could touch, etc.
The article below is from the American Association of Equine Practioners in Q&A format providing lots of useful information regarding the EHV virus. We have also linked to the original press release and a February 1 overview, though the information above may be considered a later update..
