11/23/2025
Sheridan Stables is officially on lockdown. No unnecessary visitors and absolutely nobody who has been around outside horses are allowed on the property. Thank you for understanding and respecting.
URGENT NOTICE FOR EQUINE OWNERS!
An aggressive strain of EHV-1 known as Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy has been confirmed over the last few days in Texas. Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) is a neurologic disease linked to the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1). EHV-1 in horses can cause respiratory disease, abortion, and neonatal death. Neurological signs such as hind-end weakness, incoordination, urine dribbling, and the inability to stand can appear as a result of damage to blood vessels in the equine brain and spinal cord. The virus can spread directly by nose-to-nose contact or through the air when infected horses cough or sneeze, and can also travel on equipment, tack, buckets, and even human hands or clothing. Owners must be extremely careful when taking care of your horses day to day needs. This virus is extremely contagious. Please take proactive precautions to protect your horses and barns.
The Texas Animal Health Commission is currently requiring horses impacted by the Central Texas outbreak to stay home. Safety regulations from the Commission includes isolating horses that attended the early November Waco, Texas barrel racing event for at least 21 days. Owners should suspend all event travel for exposed horses, disinfecting all shared equipment, monitoring temperatures twice daily, and contacting your veterinarian immediately if fever or other symptoms appear.
Additionally any horse showing respiratory or neurological symptoms should be isolated right away. Temperatures over 101.5 need to be discussed with your veterinarian immediately. Handlers should use protective gear at all times to help reduce the possibility of cross contamination. Your Equine Veterinarian should be contacted immediately if you suspect your horse has become ill.
Here at EVS we are available to help you if needed. We strongly suggest a booster unless your horse has received one in the last 90-days. We prefer to give the intranasal flu-avert in conjunction with a Rhino Vaccine. The goal is to help decrease the EHV-1 viral shedding. If you have questions call us @ 972-524-7075 for more information. Please remember - nothing is completely protective with the Neurological form of this virus yet your horse's immunities will be boosted if treated with this protocol.
If you have an in-clinic appointment with us, please do not unload your horses before checking-in at the EVS Front Office. An EVS staff member will come out and help you after taking your horse/horses temperature and asking a few questions. We need your help to continue to protect all horse at our facility.
HERE AT EVS we do NOT have any cases and are not treating any horse that has a confirmed case at this time. 🤠
