{"id":411689,"date":"2026-01-15T20:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411689\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:49:08","slug":"strangles-outbreak-prompts-precautions-at-kelowna-area-stables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/411689\/","title":{"rendered":"Strangles outbreak prompts precautions at Kelowna area stables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ff05bc4f-3e81-472e-b8ef-64d3a4ed8a97.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Local horse and handler\/Vernon Matters<\/p>\n<p>By Vernon Matters Staff<\/p>\n<p>On alert<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJan 15, 2026 | 11:03 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A strangles outbreak is spreading among horses in Kelowna and West Kelowna, with multiple barns reporting confirmed cases.<\/p>\n<p>The highly contagious bacterial disease spreads through direct contact or contaminated equipment and surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Local stables have implemented strict quarantines and biosecurity measures to prevent further infections, and some horse events and shows have been cancelled or postponed.<\/p>\n<p>Veterinarians are urging horse owners to closely monitor animals for fever, nasal discharge, and swollen lymph nodes, and to contact a veterinarian immediately if symptoms appear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local horse and handler\/Vernon Matters By Vernon Matters Staff On alert Jan 15, 2026 | 11:03 AM A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411690,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[89469,89467,89464,89466,26121,89463,89462,49,48,89471,89468,84,89465,74656,89470,55129,89461],"class_list":["post-411689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-105-7","tag-107-5","tag-107-5-beach-radio","tag-89466","tag-b-c","tag-beach-fm","tag-beach-radio","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cjib","tag-ckiz","tag-health","tag-jim-pattison","tag-north-okanagan","tag-sun-fm","tag-vernon","tag-vernon-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}