Strangles -- United Kingdom
Horse owners in the north have gone into lock-down in a bid to prevent the spread of a highly contagious equine disease.
An outbreak of strangles has been reported at controversial pony trekking firm Highlands Unbridled, which moved its headquarters from Sutherland to Ross-shire [Scotland] last year [2015].
A neighbouring yard has also reported that a number of its horses are thought to have caught the infection.
Two north horse shows have now been postponed and Lairg Crofters' Show,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2bpTpvX
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