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Strangles
Newport County, RI
Alert ID: 1208
March 28, 2019

Rhode Island State Veterinarian

Number Affected: 1;
Clinical Signs: Fever; 
Notes: Several horses were at this farm the weekend of March 23-24, 2019 for an exhibition event, but returned to their home stables at the conclusion of the event. Farm management has been notified of this strangles diagnosis and the RI State Veterinarian has issued an Order of Quarantine for the index farm. Owners of horses that were at the farm for the event and returned home are advised to contact their veterinarian to notify them of the potential exposure to Strep. equi, to self-impose a quarantine where no susceptible animals are to be brought onto or off the farm, monitor temperatures on all susceptible animals on the farm for 14 days, and report any clinical disease consistent with strangles to their attending veterinarian, and the state veterinarian in the state their horse is kept in. At this time, not all of the horses that attended the weekend event are known.
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