UPDATED: Virus Outbreak Infects 11 Local Horses
One horse has been euthanized. Necropsy results are pending. State officials are monitoring a rash of equine herpes cases in San Juan Capistrano. The disease poses no risk to people.
By Penny Arevalo
January 19, 2012
EDITOR'S NOTE: Latest update today says two more horses with fevers have tested positive, bringing the total to 11.
State officials have confirmed 11 cases of a contagious and deadly equine virus at a San Juan Capistrano equestrian center.
The disease, Equine Herpes Virus-1, poses no risk to humans. But it may have already claimed the life of one local horse.
According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the outbreak began last week when a gelding started displaying signs of the neuropathogenic strain of the virus.
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