International Equine Disease Report, Fourth Quarter 2013

Reported diseases include strangles, influenza, herpesvirus, piroplasmosis, atypical myopathy, and hendra.
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The International Collating Center, Newmarket, England, and other sources reported the following equine disease outbreaks for the fourth quarter* of 2013.

Outbreaks of strangles were reported by Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. Denmark confirmed the disease in 15 of 50 horses in a riding school of which two had to be euthanized. Four outbreaks were recorded in France. One case was diagnosed in Germany. Strangles was considered endemic in Sweden and the United States with numerous outbreaks confirmed in several states, including Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia, among others.

Germany, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States recorded outbreaks of influenza. Isolated cases of the disease were diagnosed in Germany (one outbreak) and the UK (two outbreaks). The United States reported outbreaks in several states, California, Indiana, and New Jersey, among others, with horses exhibiting signs of varying clinical severity.

The United States was the only country to report limited serological evidence of equine arteritis virus infection in breeding stock in a few states

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