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Strangles

Indian River County, FL

Alert ID: 772

December 08, 2017

Source: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

On December 6th, 2017 the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed one premise in Indian River County was placed under quarantine for clinical signs and positive PCR confirmation of Strangles. The index case became clinical on November 20^th after residing at a training facility in Lee County. All other horses at both locations are free of clinical signs. This is the first case of reported Strangles in Indian River County and the 40^th for the state of Florida.

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