SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — A private racehorse training facility in southern New Mexico is under quarantine.
After a single horse was confirmed to have a parasitic disease, the New Mexico Livestock Board imposed the quarantine at the Jovi Training Stables in Sunland Park.
One horse was confirmed last Friday to have equine piroplasmosis, an bloodborne disease transmitted by ticks or improperly sanitized syringes.
Humans cannot get equine piroplasmosis.
The disease is also unrelated to equine herpesvirus — or EHV — which recently affected Jovi Training Facilities and other tracks and training facilities in the Sunland Park area.
In addition to the quarantine that prevents horses from entering or leaving Jovi Training Stables during the quarantine period, no horses from Jovi will be admitted at Sunland Park