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EDCC Reports 17 New Suspected Cases of Strangles in Maryland

The Equine Disease Communications Center today reported that 17 horses are suspected to have concentrated strangles at a 28-horse boarding barn in Baltimore County.

This is in addition to the 11 confirmed cases in Maryland that the EDCC reported earlier in the year, to wit:

(i) a suckling foal at a private facility in St. Mary’s County (reported Aug. 25);

(ii) a 5-year-old competition horse at a boarding facility in Calvert County (reported Aug. 25);

(iii) a 21-year old Thoroughbred mare at a boarding facility in Anne Arundel County (reported Aug. 11);

(iv) a lesson and trail riding horse at a facility in Montgomery County (reported Aug. 11);

(v) one horse on a 50-horse farm in Cecil County (reported May 6);

(vi) one horse on a 20-horse farm in Carroll County (reported May 6); and

(vii) five horses at a 76-horse boarding facility in Montgomery County (reported April 16 and 22).

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