Strangles

Providence, Rhode Island

September 24, 2025

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Confirmed Cases
0
Suspected Cases
0
Exposed
0
Euthanized

Alert Details

Facility Type
Boarding Facility
Quarantine Status
Official Quarantine
Data Source
State Veterinarian

Location

Affected Horse Details

Horse 1

Age
21
Gender
Gelding
Breed
Friesian
Usage
Pleasure Riding
Vaccination
Vaccinated
Status
Quarantined
Clinical Signs: Odd presentation. Horse is vaccinated against strangles (April 2025) and has a chronic unilateral nasal discharge since sustaining a head injury as a young horse. He was referred to an ophthalmologist for treatment of a descemetocoele and that veterinarian cultured the descemetocoele and recovered Strep equi equi. Subsequent nasopharyngeal wash yielded a positive PCR for strangles and this sample was typed and determined to be wild strain versus vaccine strain.