The remaining quarantines in Cache County , Utah, have been lifted since equine herpes virus was discovered there in late February, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced Monday.
Horse tethered to tie-down rail
The remaining quarantines in Cache County , Utah, have been lifted since equine herpes virus was discovered there in late February, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced Monday, April 8, 2013.
The quarantine removals come after a 28-day waiting period since the last horse diagnosis in which no other animals became sick.
There had been a total of nine confirmed cases of equine herpes virus, or EHV-1, in Utah, all of which were confined to five different locations in Cache County.
This caused the temporary closure of a portion of the Cache County Fairgrounds by owners, but it was recently reopened.
It is suspected that a common tie-down rail at the arena was contaminated by an infected horse and was the center of the outbreak.
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