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Potomac Horse Fever

Frederick County, MD

Alert ID: 962

August 06, 2018

Source: The Maryland Department of Agriculture

On Thursday August 2nd, 2018 The Maryland Department of Agriculture received confirmation of a case of Potomac Horse Fever (PHF) from the University of Kentucky’s Equine Diagnostic Laboratory. The confirmation came from a pony gelding stabled in Frederick County which began showing clinical signs on July 26th, 2018 and did not respond to treatment. The pony died on July 30th, 2018 and a necropsy was performed at the Frederick Animal Health Laboratory on July 31st, 2018.

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