You think
worse diseases only happen to people? Although herpes virus that infects humans is of slightly different strain from the
herpes virus that infects animal, infection transmission and mutation from animal to humans is always possible. An outbreak in epidemic scale is always looming.
These are the main reasons why the Pimlico
Race Course in Baltimore is under quarantine since January 1, 2006 because of the reported cases of at least 11 horse deaths. The main culprit is identified as the equine herpes virus 1 which is also known as "rhino" which causes upper respiratory infections that also has neurological disease complications.
