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Berlin (dpa) - The aggressive variant of horse herpes from Valencia has spread to Doha, where the Global Champions Tour is to start this weekend with many world-class riders.
According to the national trainer Otto Becker, two horses of the German show jumper Sven Schluesselburg had positive tests.
According to Becker, the 39-year-old rider from Ilsfeld in Baden-Württemberg had already left a series of tournaments in Spain before the infection broke out and was unaware of the infection.
In Valenica, several horses died after the virus infection, many of them show severe disease and are still struggling with death.
According to the German federation FN, a total of 64 horses from German riders were in the tournament series, 48 have left Valencia again.
How many of them got infected is unclear.
The number of foreign riders who live in Germany and have already left the show grounds is still unclear.
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