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Thailand scrambles to contain major outbreak of horse-killing virus

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A horse in Thailand is isolated behind netting that keeps out midges that spread African horse sickness. By Christa Lesté-LasserreThailand, already battling the spread of coronavirus, is now contending with another deadly viral outbreak—in horses.

With hundreds of horse deaths reported there in the last 3 weeks, horse owners are rushing to seal their animals indoors with netting, away from biting midges that spread the virus for African horse sickness (AHS).

Some scientists suspect that zebras, imported from Africa, led to the outbreak.The disease’s sudden appearance, far from its endemic home in sub-Saharan Africa, has surprised Thai veterinary authorities, who are ramping up testing for the disease and ordering the vaccination of

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