EHV 1 Neurological Outbreak at CES Valencia Spring Tour (Spain)
Following the reporting of multiple cases of neurological forms attributed to the Herpes Equine Virus (EHV) type 1, in horses that participated in the CES Valencia Spring Tour (Spain), the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has canceled all events international in 10 European countries with immediate effect from 1 March until 28 March 2021.
Other cases with symptoms referable to EHV-1 have been reported in various countries, where horses that had participated in the Valencia event have returned, and laboratory investigations are underway for these.
The FEI continues to update the information in this regard through press releases available on the following link https://inside.fei.org/fei/your-role/veterinarians/biosecurity-movements/biosecurity .
The Italian Federation of Equestrian Sports (FISE) consequently ordered with an urgent resolution, to suspend as a precaution the national sporting events of any level and discipline scheduled until 7 March, to allow an assessment of the situation with the health authorities. national and international and to monitor the epidemiological trend in Italy.
Continuous updates will be disseminated by the FISE.
The Ministry of Health also immediately took action to acquire information for the containment of the infection at a national level and will issue updates on the matter.
EHV-1 is an infection of equines, not transmissible to humans, which causes various clinical forms:
Fever is the most common clinical sign of EHV-1, some horses that appear perfectly healthy can still spread the virus from nostril secretions also from secretions from coughing.
Suspicious horses are those that:
Measures to be taken in case of a suspicion:
Materials and methods for providing diagnostic samples
It is important that diagnostic samples are delivered to the laboratory as soon as possible after collection, and stored at refrigeration (+ 4 ° C) or freezing (-20 ° C) temperatures during their transport. Nasal swabs can be delivered dry (within 4 hours of their collection) or immersed in 1ml -1.5ml of virological transport media (e.g. sterile buffered solution or saline).
Positive samples can be sent to the National Reference Center for Equine Diseases for further diagnostic studies at the addresses below.
For more information on sample collection and how to deliver them to the laboratory, please contact:
Source : IZSLT
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