Disease Alerts

Number Confirmed: 1; 
Number Exposed: Unknown; 
Facility Type: Private Facility; 

Horse 1: 
Age: 6; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Confirmation Date: 3/26/2025; Horse Status: Deceased; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

Comments: This is Florida's 1st confirmed case of rabies in livestock for 2025;;

Number Confirmed: 6; 
Number Suspected: 1; 
Number Exposed: 27; 
Facility Type: Boarding Facility;

Number Confirmed: 2; 
Number Suspected: Unknown; 
Number Exposed: 20; 
Facility Type: Private Facility; 

Horse 1: 
Age: Weanling; Gender: Filly; Breed: Mustang; Onset of Clinical Signs: 3/22/2025; Clinical Signs: Fever 103, Profuse bilateral nasal discharge, lymphadenopathy, lethargy, cough, inappetance; Confirmation Date: 3/26/2025; Horse Status: Affected And Alive; Vaccination Status: Status Unknown;

Horse 2: 
Age: Weanling; Gender: Filly; Breed: Mustang; Onset of Clinical Signs: 3/22/2025; Clinical Signs: Fever, Lethargy, bilateral nasal discharge, cough, inappetance; Confirmation Date: 3/26/2025; Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated;

Comments: Two weanlings with a history of being shipped with a group of 20 weanlings from a feedlot in Arizona to sites in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Virginia arrived in Virginia with fevers, profuse nasal discharge and lymphadenopathy. The two weanlings tested positive on PCR for Strep zooepidemicus, Strep equi equi and EHV 4 on nasal PCR. Weanlings are being quarantined voluntarily on private farm.; 
 

Number Confirmed: 1; 
Number Exposed: 11; 
Facility Type: Private Facility; 

Horse 1: 
Age: 14; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Warmblood (WB); Onset of Clinical Signs: 3/13/2025; Clinical Signs: Fever, nasal discharge and cough.; Confirmation Date: 3/21/2025; Horse Status: Affected And Alive; 

Comments: This is Florida's 11th confirmed case of Strangles for 2025.;

Number Exposed: 2;

Number Confirmed: 1; 
Number Exposed: Unknown;

Number Confirmed: 1; 
Number Suspected: 1; 
Number Exposed: 12; 

Horse 1: 
Age: Yearling; Gender: Colt; Breed: Mustang; Onset of Clinical Signs: 3/15/2025; Clinical Signs: Purulent nasal discharge, fever; Confirmation Date: 3/21/2025; Horse Status: Affected And Alive; 

Horse 2: 
Age: Weanling; Onset of Clinical Signs: 2/17/2025; Clinical Signs: Nasal discharge; Horse Status: Affected And Alive;

Number Exposed: 5;

Number Confirmed: 1; 
Number Exposed: 2; 

Horse 1: 
Age: 7; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Quarter Horse (QH); Usage: Racing; 

Comments: A 7–year–old Quarter Horse gelding in San Bernardino County was confirmed positive for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). Two (2) potentially exposed horses on the home premises have been tested for EIA with results pending. The two potentially exposed horses will remain under quarantine until pending lab results are received and their sixty (60) day retest samples are completed as per CDFA and USDA program requirements. CDFA has been on site with continued monitoring of the situation, epidemiological tracing is ongoing.;

Number Confirmed: 1; 
Number Exposed: 17; 
Number Euthanized: 1; 
Facility Type: Boarding Facility; 

Horse 1: 
Age: 22; Gender: Mare; Breed: Appaloosa; Usage: Pleasure Riding; Onset of Clinical Signs: 3/10/2025; Clinical Signs: Urine retention, bladder atony, hindlimb ataxia; Confirmation Date: 3/14/2025; Horse Status: Euthanized; Vaccination Status: Vaccinated;

Comments: The premises is a boarding facility with no travel history in the two weeks prior to the presentation of clinical signs. The state veterinarian reports that the risk to the general horse population of Gallatin County is relatively low.;