SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Authorities say seven cases of the horse herpes virus have been confirmed in Utah, with as many as eight more suspected cases.

Utah state veterinarian Bruce L. King says Monday a second horse has been euthanized after it could not stand in its stall over the weekend.

King says four facilities are under quarantine orders because of horses infected with Equine Herpes Virus-1. The horses are in Kane, Box Elder, Davis and Utah counties.

The virus began spreading after an event last month in Ogden. More than 30 horses in nine states and Canada have been infected and at least seven infected horses have died.

The Utah Department of Agriculture is not recommending cancellations of events featuring horses.

The Utah Wildlife Board is raising the cost and slashing the number of deer hunting permits in an effort to boost the state's declining deer population.

A local newspaper reported Friday that the decision to cut permits by up to 13,000 per year starting in 2012 came against the advice of state wildlife program coordinator Anis Aoude.

He said it wouldn't help. But Chairman Rick Woodard said Thursday the board needed to address a 35-year decline in the state mule deer population.

The new requirements limit hunters to one general-season hunt per year in one of 29 management units around the state.

The cost of a permit was projected to increase from $35 to about $41 for state residents and from $263 to about $307 for nonresidents.

If you like to hunt deer in Utah, you need to let the Utah Wildlife
Board know which hunting option you want the board to pass.