ELLENSBURG – A highly-contagious bacterial infection has been detected in a horse at a Kittitas County farm. A case of Strep Equi or ‘strangles’ was confirmed by the Washington State Department of Agriculture on Thanksgiving day [Nov. 24]. The horse’s owner has voluntarily put the infected steed into quarantine. It’s believed that about 10 other horses were exposed to the disease.
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