(Lexington, KY) - The Florida Department of Agriculture/Division of Animal Industry is posting daily status updates on the EHV-1 outbreak on their web site. The web address is:

http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/ai/

It is possible that the number of quarantined premises or horses affected may not change from the previous day's report in which case the update information would remain the same. A link to the web site is also available by clicking on the "Florida EHV-1 Press Releases and Updates" area on the USEF web site home page, www.usef.org.

##~~~For more information, please contact Maria Partlow, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, at (859) 225-6941, or via e-mail at [email protected].