RESEARCHERS TRACK EQUINE CORONAVIRUS

A decade before the deadly COVID-19 pandemic began, a virus from the same family may have been quietly traveling among the U.S. equine populations.

Equine coronavirus (ECoV) causes fever, lethargy and occasionally diarrhea in horses. It typically occurs in outbreaks among horses at boarding barns and racetracks, but a new study from Washington State University (WSU) shows that it can also affect only a few horses at a time.

Initially, ECoV