Advice needed-moving horse soon to a yard that have had an outbreak of strangles...

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Ive just found out that the yard im moving to in two months has had an outbreak of strangles, they think potentially from one of the new horses there.
Im now worried, as obviously dont want my much loved steed to get the virus.

Im not moving for 2 months, and wont move whilst there is still any sign of the virus and not for at least a month afterwards.

I will have my stable heavily disinfected and have her on individual turn out until there is no known risk- however if the new horse is a carrier will there ever be no risk???? They are supposed to be a mied herd there- thats one of the greatest draws for me moving there!

My horse is vaccinated against flu and tet, but not strangles.

What would you do? There are no other yards near me that i can even half afford so that isnt an option. What steps would you take? What if the new horse is a carrier? My mare is a healthy 7 year old. Is it worth getting her vaccinated against it? What does that entail?

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I would definately have the injection. Mine all had it when the yard next door had it about 5 years ago. My oldie was 31 at the time and had no ill effects.
 
What have they done about controlling the disease? Just because they have had an outbreak does not mean yours will get it and besides your horse should be in quarantine for a good few weeks before going into the main yard or playing out with the others.

If they dont do this sort of policy do not go there. You could bring in strangles and not even know it. Most of the time it does not show up and sometimes some horses only get a cold or sniffle.

Horses can get strangles from any other horse, person who has been in physical contact, even off grass at shows if there is snot there. But they still should quarantine your horse as a matter of course.

As for asking vets our vet had never seen strangles before. The horse nearly died before she decided to get a second opinion.
 
My advice is to talk to the YO and THEIR vet.
The yard should have been observing bio-security procedures during the outbreak and have had negative swabs before accepting any new horses.
A yard in our area has an outbreak atm, the YO is being very responsible and they are in lockdown until after the swabs. She certainly won't be accepting new horses until (hopefully) the end of March.
 
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