PRO/AH/EDR> Glanders – India: (HR) horse

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,