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Kentucky Racetracks Implementing Equine Piroplasmosis Testing January 1

Say "equine piroplasmosis" to a horse owner and trainer and what response will you get back? "That’s a warm weather disease, right?" "Ticks." "Isn’t it from South America or the Caribbean or Mexico or someplace like that?" "It’s usually in the Southwest, right?" "That disease affects Spanish-type horses, and Quarter horses, I think?"

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EHV in New York: State Health Official Confirms Disease Diagnosed at Racetrack

Late Tuesday afternoon, officials in New York State confirmed by phone that a stable at Finger Lakes Racetrack in the western part of the state has been placed under quarantine after a horse that had been stabled there was diagnosed with Equine Herpes…