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Strangles

Finger Lakes Racetrack, Ontario County, NY

Alert ID: 955

July 30, 2018

Source: New York Department of Agriculture and Markets

The New York Department of Agriculture and Markets released the quarantine for Strangles at Barn 19 at Finger Lakes Race Track and the associated equine facility in Ontario County, NY. The index case continues to heal from his lesions and remains isolated alone in a paddock in Ontario County. He will remain isolated away from other horses under veterinary care until it is determined that he is no longer shedding S.equi. No other cases of strangles were detected in any of the exposed, quarantined horses during the quarantine period.

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