Ask Horse Journal: 06/05
Strangles Vaccines There seems to be controversy regarding the intranasal strangles vaccine. Some veterinarians recommend it, admitting it isn’t 100% effective but saying it should offer considerable protection should an…
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Pigeon Fever Spreads Eastward
…Pigeon-fever organisms are found in the soil, especially dry ground. Pigeon fever, also known as ”dryland strangles,” is a bacterial infection. It produces typically thick-walled abscesses that contain heavy, creamy…
Choose Vaccinations Suited to Your Horse
…Horses on closed farms with no horse traffic in/out of the farm are at low risk for exposure to respiratory viruses or strangles, so there’s no reason to give those…
House Flies vs. Stable Flies. Which Flies Are Bugging Your Horse?
Deadly Fly Transmitted Diseases in Horses – The Nose to Nose Potentially Fatal Infection – Strangles Flies carry infection, it is a simple concept – they land on one horse,…
Letters: 07/00
…strangles twice probably never had it in the first place. There are also probably horses who appear to have recovered from strangles but have a smoldering abscess that eventually grows…
Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Infections in Horses
…problem will make it faster and easier to get him into recovery and minimize the chance of any lasting damage. Here are some of the immediate considerations. Bacteria: Strangles is…
Horse-Show Biosecurity: Is Your Horse at Risk?
…though many exhibitors don’t like to think about it, the invisible danger to show horses from the common pathogens that cause influenza, rhinopneumonitis and strangles is very real. Besides the…
Core vs. Risk Vaccinations
…has been documented to cause 50 percent or more of foal diarrhea cases in some areas5. Streptococcus equi (Strangles): Strangles is a highly contagious respiratory disease, typically characterized by high…
Biosecurity In the Barn
…in quarantine, receiving a new arrival from a show barn or traveling from show to show. Special Note on Strangles: One of the most common infections brought into barns by…
In The News: 06/04
Strangles On The Rise trangles appears to be on a rise this year, making this a true health alert for all horses, especially those traveling and competing or in barns…