A horse in Larimer County has tested positive for equine herpes virus, a highly contagious and sometimes fatal virus.

The Colorado State Veterinarian’s Office announced Friday in a release that the horse tested positive for the virus (EHV-1) on Thursday, after spiking a mild fever upon its return to Larimer County from a barrel racing and rodeo event in Texas.

That horse, and others that reside on the same premises, have been quarantined, the release states.

This is the only confirmed case of EHV-1 within Colorado, according to the state website.

The Colorado State Veterinarian’s Office has been actively monitoring an outbreak of the EHV-1, which can lead to a neurological disease, in both Texas and Oklahoma, the release states. That outbreak was connected to horses that participated i

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