Health Alert: Cornell Equine Hospital Quarantined with Confirmed EHV-1
Posted: April 7, 2011
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's equine hospital is under a voluntary quarantine after confirming a case of the neurologic form of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1).
The quarantine began March 20. EHV-1 is a highly contagious virus that can cause a variety of ailments in horses including rhinopneumonitis (a respiratory disease mostly of young horses), abortion in broodmares, and myeloencephalopathy (the neurologic form). Contact Cornell Vet Hospital for more information and the end of the quarantine and more information http://www.vet.cornell.edu/.
