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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

Bay County, FL

Alert ID: 519

April 21, 2017

Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

On April 20, one premise in Bay County, Florida was placed under quarantine for clinical signs and positive culture for strangles. The index case became clinical on April 13, about 10 days after arriving from the Bastrop Kill Pen in Louisiana. One of the eight horse on the property is currently displaying clinical symptoms and no horses have left the premises since clinical signs began. This the first case for Bay County and case 17 for Florida in 2017.

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