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Updates on current disease outbreaks are listed here as they occur and will include the date listed, disease name, location and current status. Specific premises will not be named but the general location by town, county and state will be listed. When locations, events or horses are at risk they will be listed. Updates will be posted as they are received.



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Escambia County, FL
Alert ID: 403
December 23, 2016
On December 23, one premise in Escambia County, Florida was placed under quarantine for strangles. Per the owner, the horse was imported from the Bastrop kill pen facility in Louisiana on December 20. No animals have left the facility since clinical signs began. This is the first case in Escambia County and the 24th case for Florida in 2016.