BELL COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - A horse in Bell County has been put down after testing positive for the Herpes virus. This after owners attended a Waco event earlier in November.

“We have eleven horses that have fallen ill,” says Bud Dinges, a state veterinarian with the Texas Animal Health Commission.

The EHV-1 virus can cause damage to the horse’s respiratory, reproductive and nervous systems.

“We’re seeing a strain that’s the neuropathic strain and we are seeing horses that are affected neurologically,” Dinges says.

The horse in Bell County had to be euthanized. Dinges says a neurological decline would be the cause.

“The quality of life. The horse being down and not being able to get up,” he says.

The the event drawing in contestants from 31 states and four Canadian provinces, “We als

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