Glanders -- India
Two horses were tested positive for glanders disease in Jhajjar district of Haryana. Glanders, a contagious disease, primarily affects horses. It is caused by the bacterium _Burkholderia mallei_. "Glanders among equines is incurable. Horses that contracted the disease will be euthanised. [A total of] 143 blood samples were sent for testing," said Dr Manish Dabas, Deputy Director, Animal husbandry.
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[Glanders is a contagious and fatal disease of horses,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8403608&promed&0
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