Strangles

Grey, Ontario

August 31, 2026

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Confirmed Cases
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Suspected Cases
0
Exposed
0
Euthanized

Alert Details

Facility Type
Farm
Quarantine Status
Voluntary Quarantine
Data Source
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Agribusiness

Affected Horse Details

Horse 1

Age
Suckling Foal
Gender
Colt
Breed
Standardbred
Status
Recovering
Clinical Signs: This 4 month old foal developed respiratory distress and was diagnosed with a retropharyngeal lymph node abscess, which was drained and the foal is recovering. Streptococcus equi was cultured from the abscess.

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