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Strangles

Island County, WA

Alert ID: 548

June 22, 2017

Source: Washington State Department of Agriculture

One horse in Island County, Washington has been diagnosed with Strangles. The horse was recently moved from a training facility in Southern California to an Island County facility where it presented with an enlarged, abscessed, cervical lymph node. The affected lymph node was cultured and testing returned positive for Strangles. One other horse which had been travelling with the index case has been cultured with results pending. The owner has been instructed how to practice biosecurity.

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