The Equine Disease Communication Center reports that two mares have died from the neurological form of Equine Herpesvirus in Manibota.
On November 8, 2019, a seven-year-old Quarter Horse mare in the Municipality of Wallace-Woodworth, MB died less than 24 hours after acute onset of recumbency and inability to rise.
On November 11th, a 13-year-old pregnant Quarter Horse mare was euthanized on the same location due to advancing severity of neurological signs (first noticed on November 10th) and was later confirmed positive by PCR for EHV-1.