{"id":3889,"date":"2025-11-19T22:19:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2026-03-27T22:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:01:56","slug":"alabama-department-of-agriculture-and-industries-equine-herpesvirus-ehv-1-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/2025\/11\/alabama-department-of-agriculture-and-industries-equine-herpesvirus-ehv-1-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries \u2013 Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3889\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3889-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3889-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3889-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-3889\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-155009.png\" width=\"890\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-155009.png 890w, https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-155009-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-155009-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-19-155009-768x770.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" title=\"Screenshot 2025-11-19 155009\" alt=\"Signs of EHV\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-3889-0-0-1\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><br \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-3889-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries (ADAI) is closely monitoring the recent confirmed cases of Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) in Texas and Oklahoma. Currently, NO cases of EHV-1 have been reported in Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>If your horse attended the World Championship Barrel Racing Finals in Waco, Texas (November 5\u20139) or the Barrel Futurities of America World Championship in Guthrie, Oklahoma (November 14\u201318), where EHV-1 exposure has been confirmed, please take the following immediate steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isolate the horse(s) from all other horses for a minimum of 21 days upon return to Alabama.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor twice daily for clinical signs of EHV-1, including:<\/li>\n<li>Fever (&gt;101.5\u00b0F \/ 38.6\u00b0C)<\/li>\n<li>Nasal discharge<\/li>\n<li>Coughing<\/li>\n<li>Neurological signs (hindlimb weakness, ataxia, toe dragging, \u201cdog-sitting\u201d posture, urine dribbling, or fecal incontinence)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If any of these signs are observed, immediately contact your private veterinarian and ADAI's State Veterinarian\u2019s Office at (334) 240-7253.<\/p>\n<p>EHV-1 is highly contagious and spreads primarily through direct horse-to-horse contact via respiratory secretions, aerosolized droplets, and indirect contact with contaminated equipment, water buckets, feed, tack, or human hands\/clothing. Humans do not become ill from EHV-1 but can mechanically transmit the virus between horses.<\/p>\n<p>Strict biosecurity remains the most effective means of preventing introduction and spread. Key measures include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disinfection of all shared equipment and surfaces with appropriate virucidal products.<\/li>\n<li>Limiting unnecessary horse movement, especially for animals with recent travel history to affected areas.<\/li>\n<li>Implementing isolation protocols for any new or returning horses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please visit the websites below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equinediseasecc.org\/infectious-diseases\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https:\/\/equinediseasecc.org\/infectious-diseases<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/ahfss\/Animal_Health\/Equine_Biosecurity.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExMGNrQ0h5VDRhV1N3eDhaY3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6dxO9itBE_PUDAizBZoy7jICi2FNmmrmdp38B8HhcMGSMZcpHpV-PL5_w8lg_aem_ExJoH8PfuFq8rZLNjE9YqA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/...\/Anima...\/Equine_Biosecurity.html<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alabama Department of Agriculture &amp; Industries (ADAI) is closely monitoring the recent confirmed cases of Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,58],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-health-news","category-animalhealth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3889"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3894,"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3889\/revisions\/3894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3889"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agi.alabama.gov\/animalindustries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}