A horse grazes within the Lewiston Orchards area of the city of Lewiston, Idaho. (Photo by Kirsten Strough/U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Officials with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture are strongly recommending cancelling upcoming horse events in Idaho and temporarily pausing all equine transports following the outbreak of a neurological disease in other states that has been linked to competition events in Texas and Oklahoma, state officials said Thursday.

Idaho State Department of Agriculture officials said in a new release that there have been confirmed reports of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1, or EHV-1, linked to the events in Texas and Oklahoma.

Idaho does not have any confirmed cases of the disease at this time, but state officials warned the virus is very contagious among h

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