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Val Verde County commissioner restricts horse movement at county fairgrounds amid EHV outbreak
Summary
Commissioner Wardlaw reported an equine herpesvirus (EHV) outbreak in Texas and said the county will not accept new horses at the Val Verde County Fairgrounds and will not allow removed horses to return, as a control measure to limit spread.
During commissioners’ comments, Commissioner Wardlaw raised concern about an equine herpesvirus (EHV) outbreak affecting horses across Texas and announced a local precaution at the Val Verde County Fairgrounds.
Wardlaw said he would not receive any new horses at the fairgrounds and that any horses removed from the grounds could not return, describing the restriction as a measure to stop the disease from spreading via animal movement associated with barrel races and roping events. He characterized movement of horses between events as the fastest way the disease spreads and instructed that limiting arrivals and returns is the county’s control measure.
The court did not take separate, recorded formal action beyond Wardlaw’s announcement in open session. County staff and event organizers were not recorded as responding in the transcript; commissioners acknowledged the report and the judge closed comments.
