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Horses in Galveston County test positive for herpes virus
Herpes virus threatens lives of horses in Galveston County
KTRK
By Deborah Wrigley
Friday, February 06, 2015 06:56PM
SANTA FE, TX (KTRK) --
Two horses in Galveston County have died from a sometimes lethal strain of the herpes virus. Their deaths have been confirmed by medical testing and reported to the state. Three other deaths may be linked to the virus as well.
All the horses infected appear to have come from two boarding stables in or near Dickinson. Both stables are now under quarantine, which affects about 20 horses kept there, according to the vet, whose clinic stables are also under quarantine.
None of the animals in quarantine have tested positive for the virus, according to Dr Dennis Jenkins, whose clinic stables were ordered quarantined by the Texas Department of Animal Health two days ago. Jenkins suspects as many as 10 more suspected cases in a rare outbreak of the Equine Herpes Virus 1, or EHV1...
Horses in Galveston County test positive for herpes virus
Herpes virus threatens lives of horses in Galveston County
KTRK
By Deborah Wrigley
Friday, February 06, 2015 06:56PM
SANTA FE, TX (KTRK) --
Two horses in Galveston County have died from a sometimes lethal strain of the herpes virus. Their deaths have been confirmed by medical testing and reported to the state. Three other deaths may be linked to the virus as well.
All the horses infected appear to have come from two boarding stables in or near Dickinson. Both stables are now under quarantine, which affects about 20 horses kept there, according to the vet, whose clinic stables are also under quarantine.
None of the animals in quarantine have tested positive for the virus, according to Dr Dennis Jenkins, whose clinic stables were ordered quarantined by the Texas Department of Animal Health two days ago. Jenkins suspects as many as 10 more suspected cases in a rare outbreak of the Equine Herpes Virus 1, or EHV1...