The FEI Veterinary Department would like to alert the equestrian community to an Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV-1) neurological outbreak in France.
The outbreak is linked to a national jumping event that took place in Le Mans on November 1–3, 2024 and as of November 20 has resulted in fatalities and cases in three different French departments.
An FEI event took place at the same venue in the following week (November 8-11, 2024). The FEI horses were housed in different stables than the horses competing in the national event and there were no direct contacts between the national and FEI horses at Le Mans.