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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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Salmonellosis

Loudoun County, VA

Outbreak Identifier: 7321

Alert ID: 4869

February 05, 2026

Confirmed Case(s) - Official Quarantine

Source: University Clinician and State Veterinarian

Number Confirmed: 1;
Facility Type: Equine Clinic;

Horse 1:
Age: 27; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Draft-cross; Usage: Pleasure Riding; Onset of Clinical Signs: 1/29/2026; Clinical Signs: After several days of low-grade colic managed on the farm in Montgomery County, MD, the gelding was referred to an equine hospital in Loudoun County, VA where he underwent colic surgery for a colon displacement and impaction. Routine fecal culture submitted following surgery tested positive for salmonella.; Horse Status: Recovering;

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