PARKLAND, Fla. — Sheryl Moore, a horse owner, is worried about an outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus, a group of highly contagious viruses that cause respiratory disease and can progress to serious complications and death.
Equine Herpesvirus type 1, or EHV-1, and EHV-4 can mutate into Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy, a serious neurological form of the disease that can result in paralysis and death. Moore is taking precautions.
“I try not to have the horses touch noses. They all have their own set of boots. They all have their own bridle, their own bits that go in their mouth. We have our own tack,” said Moore, an attorney and amateur equestrian…