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  Kentucky’s Response and Position - Updated May 10, 2012
Questions or Comments to Rusty1.Ford@ky.gov

Late yesterday afternoon the TN Department of Agriculture alerted Kentucky’s Agriculture Commissioner, James Comer and staff in the KY State Veterinarians Office of an illness affecting horses that had participated in the Bucksnort Trail Ride held in Tennessee late last month (April). Information provided by Tennessee officials describe horses as presenting with varying symptoms that include neurological abnormalities. The information released yesterday also provided that the illness has resulted in four equine deaths with four additional horses demonstrating similar symptoms. Earlier today we learned that preliminary diagnostic testing gives evidence that one or more of these sick horses may have contracted Equine Herpes Virus Type-1 (EHV-1).

Long-time members of MSEDA will remember Ellen Mizell, who served as a MSEDA technical delegate and volunteered at a number of shows until she moved away from Lexington in 2002. Sadly, Ellen passed away suddenly on March 13, 2012 in Belleville, IL. Ellen was cremated and her ashes will be interred in Lexington, the place she loved best. The family will hold a visitation on Thursday April 26 from 4 to 8 pm at Milward Funeral Home at 159 N.

MSEDA would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to Janice Holmes and Holmestead Stables for hosting the MSEDA Officials Forum on Saturday, March 4.