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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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Strangles

Mahoning County, OH

Outbreak Identifier: 6665

Alert ID: 4141

November 27, 2024

Confirmed Case(s) - Voluntary Quarantine

Source: Racing Director

Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: 75;
Facility Type: Racetrack;
Comments: A total of 75 horses stabled at the Mahoning Valley Racetrack in Barn 4 are quarantined due to an outbreak of Strangles. A horse that had shipped of the grounds tested positive for Strangles with PCR. That horse is isolated. The remaining horses at the track are quarantined and one of those tested positive on November 27, 2024. That horse is being removed from the property. Temperatures are being taken twice daily. As a precaution horses with a high temperature or enlarged lymph nodes are removed from the property. Quarantine training and procedures are in place.;

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