Strangles Confirmed at New York Harness Racetrack
Erica Larson
March 26, 2012
Live racing has been canceled due to a strangles outbreak on the backside at Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
Live racing has been canceled due to a strangles outbreak on the backside at Saratoga Casino and Raceway.
The CDFA recommends owners of potentially exposed horses continue monitoring animals for signs of disease.
Published reports indicate that both horses recently attended the HITS Desert Horse Show in Thermal, Calif.
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Three horses from Swaziland are dead after contracting African horse sickness, according to an OIE report.
The Australian equine influenza outbreak provided a unique opportunity to evaluate some biosecurity measures.
State animal health officials quaratined three premises in early to mid-January after confirming EHV-1.
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The new Orange County case brings the California total to 16 positive horses.
The CDFA does not believe the two situations are related and is investigating both outbreaks.
Necropsy results indicate that it is highly unlikely one horse’s recumbency was due to the EHV-1 infection.
The multistate outbreak in 2011 illustrated the need for infectious disease control in the equine community.
Two more cases of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) have been confirmed today, with the two horses displaying
An additional horse was confirmed EHV-1-positive and another was euthanized in connection with the outbreak.
The goal is to identify factors associated with the outbreak in order to prevent and control outbreaks.
Only one of the eight horses has displayed neurologic signs consistent with EHV-1 thus far.
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