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Horses Test Positive For Herpes, Property Quarantined In Sussex County Horses Test Positive For Herpes, Property Quarantined In Sussex County
Horses Test Positive For Herpes, Property Quarantined In Sussex County Horses on a Sussex County property have been quarantined after two of them tested positive for equine herpes, state officials said. One horse, a 7-year-old Standardbred mare, developed illness on Oct. 1, and improved clinically after prompt medical treatment, the NJ Department of Agriculture said. Six days later a second horse, a 3-year-old Standardbred mare developed clinical signs of fever and recumbency and was humanely euthanized due to severe clinical deterioration, the NJDA said. EHM is the often-deadly neurologic form of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) infection, according to state offic…

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