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Strangles
St. Johns, Okeechobee, Volusia Counties, FL
Alert ID: 881
April 13, 2018

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

The Florida Department of Agriculture has reported the following cases of Strangles in April 2018. On April 3, one premise in St. Johns County, Florida was placed under quarantine for clinical signs and a positive PCR of Strangles. The clinical horse is the only horse on the  property. This is the first Strangles quarantine for St. Johns County. On April 6, one premise in Okeechobee County, Florida was placed under quarantine for clinical signs and a positive PCR of Strangles. Two of the three horses on the property are showing clinical signs after recently arriving from a kill pen in Louisiana. This is the first Strangles quarantine for Okeechobee County. On April 12, one premise in Volusia County, Florida was placed under quarantine for clinical signs and a positive PCR of Strangles. One of the two horses on the property is showing clinical signs. This is the second Strangles quarantine in Volusia County and brings the total count of Strangles cases to 22 in the state of Florida in 2018.
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