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SUBJECT: EQUINE HERPES VIRUS (EHV) UPDATE
The MFHA has been asked to pass on the following information to Hunts in the Gloucestershire area to clarify the present situation as regards EHV. The spread of the infection to the Beaufort Hunt which was suspected on the 15th March and confirmed on the 17th March was a worrying spread from the original outbreak in early February in the Heythrop country. The vets dealing with the situation suspect that a carrier horse which hunted with the Beaufort on the 6th March and also with the Beaufort and Berkeley at their joint meet on the 9th March was probably to blame. Several further suspects have subsequently come to light 2 now being confirmed the virus obviously having been transmitted in the hunting field. In this light both the vets dealing with the situation locally and also The Animal Health Trust at Newmarket strongly advise that hunting should cease with packs in the Gloucestershire area where horses have definitely been in contact with one another. They further strongly advise that NO horses that have been either hunted or been in contact with any horse that has been hunted in the Beaufort, Berkeley, VWH, Cotswold or Heythrop area should be taken anywhere where they could be in contact with other horses for a minimum of 14 days assuming no disease signs found in their stables
SUBJECT: EQUINE HERPES VIRUS (EHV) UPDATE
The MFHA has been asked to pass on the following information to Hunts in the Gloucestershire area to clarify the present situation as regards EHV. The spread of the infection to the Beaufort Hunt which was suspected on the 15th March and confirmed on the 17th March was a worrying spread from the original outbreak in early February in the Heythrop country. The vets dealing with the situation suspect that a carrier horse which hunted with the Beaufort on the 6th March and also with the Beaufort and Berkeley at their joint meet on the 9th March was probably to blame. Several further suspects have subsequently come to light 2 now being confirmed the virus obviously having been transmitted in the hunting field. In this light both the vets dealing with the situation locally and also The Animal Health Trust at Newmarket strongly advise that hunting should cease with packs in the Gloucestershire area where horses have definitely been in contact with one another. They further strongly advise that NO horses that have been either hunted or been in contact with any horse that has been hunted in the Beaufort, Berkeley, VWH, Cotswold or Heythrop area should be taken anywhere where they could be in contact with other horses for a minimum of 14 days assuming no disease signs found in their stables