Month: January 2023

The Equine Disease Communication Center announced a strangles positive in an unidentified Thoroughbred racehorse at a Kentucky training center on Jan. 6. According to the disease alert, a quarantine is in place.

As per usual policy for EDCC alerts, the name or location of the facility involved was not published.

The alert information is below.

Source: Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Number Confirmed: 1;
Number Exposed: 13;
Facility Type: Training Facility;
Age: 2; Gender: Gelding; Breed: Thoroughbred (TB); Usage: Racing; Onset of Clinical Signs: 12/29/2022;
Clinical Signs: Horse arrived from Out-of-State 12/28 – was febrile on 12/29 and remained segregated from the general population. Second fever detected 1/2/2023 and horse was shipped to referral hospital where it remains in isolation. Samples collected were confirmed positive for Strep Equi; Confirmation Date: 1/4/2023; Horse Status: Affected And Alive; Vaccination Status: Vaccinated; For more information go to https://www.equinediseasecc.org/strangles.

Strangles is a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract, which is characterized by fever, nasal discharge, coughing, and characteristic abscesses in the lymph nodes around the throatlatch.

Most horses recover successfully, but the disease is highly transmissible and can take some time to clear.

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The California Department of Food and Agriculture has reported one confirmed case of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) in Kern County, Calif. The affected horse is a 9-year-old Quarter Horse stallion; transmission is suspected to be iatrogenic (spread by people and not naturally through the environment) and limited to the unsanctioned racing (bush track racing) population. 

The stallion has been quarantined along with four other horses that have been exposed, reports the Equine Disease Communications Center. 

EIA is a potentially fatal blood-borne infectious viral disease that produces persistent infection. There is no treatment for the disease. Confirmed cases can be quarantined at least 200 yards from a non-infected horse for the rest of their life, but most are euthanized. Infected horses can never be moved from the premise on which the infection was detected, except with special USDA approval. 

There is no vaccination for EIA; prevention relies on insect control to reduce the possibility of natural transmission. Not reusing needles, and ensuring IV tubing and lip tattoo equipment is clean is imperative in preventing the spread of disease, specifically on bush tracks.

Horses infected with EIA often have a fever, are depressed and anemic. They often have muscle weakness, as well as red or purple spots on their mucous membranes. 

Learn more about EIA at the Equine Disease Communication Center. 

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