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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

Marion and Palm Beach Counties, FL

Alert ID: 455

February 07, 2017

On February 7, one premise in each Marion and Palm Beach County, Florida were placed under quarantine for strangles. The index case for one quarantine was recently purchased at a horse sale and owners/purchasers with exposure to the clinical horse will be contacted shortly. The other index horse arrived from Massachusetts on January 15th and was asymptomatic at the time. This is the second case for both Marion and Palm Beach County and Florida’s sixth and seventh cases in 2017.

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