June 2005

Outbreaks Cause Uneasiness

The Internet is hopping with stories inflating fears about disease outbreaks.

Strangles Outbreaks

When the state of Georgia quarantined a 115-horse public barn in Georgia for strangles this past April, a number of horse owners took note. However, this move was taken because this large a number of horses potentially exposed or incubating the disease could translate into exposure of a large number of horses if they were moved off the premises, not because strangles is reaching epidemic proportions. …