Possible Strangles Outbreak in Truro

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Published: December 14, 2008 08:30 am EST

Officials have reportedly scratched nearly 40 horses for today's card at Truro Raceway due to a quarantine for concerns of strangles.

In today's Chronicle-Herald, a report states that at least two horses housed at the raceway are being tested for strangles, a highly contagious respiratory disease.

Raceway secretary Joe Kelly told reporters that the Maritime Provinces Harness Racing Commission made the decision to quarantine animals as a precautionary measure after initial test results on the two horses came back as inconclusive.

Dr. Paul Hogan of the MPHRC told Trot Insider that the results of further testing would be finalized sometime this week.

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