Strangles confirmed a mile away from me

devilwoman

devilwoman

Well-Known Member
Joined
7 August 2009
Messages
1,804
Location
Sat Day Dreaming .....
Visit site
Trying to scout on web to find out if my horses are safe or whether it will travel airbourne that far ? can't find any info to help, no-one else comes on or off my yard as I am on my own.

Thanks.

Edited to say : have just found a very helpful site which states it is NOT airbourne, I always thought it was, suppose that's my own question answered :-)
 
Last edited:
Its not airbourne but I would avoid hacking out anywhere where people on the infected yard would as its passed on by contact (so if horse has grabbed a bite to eat, snotted somewhere with it). If the yard with it are quarantining then the risk to your horses, so long as no one works/keeps horses at both yards is quite low though so dont worry!
 
Its not an airbourne virus, its transmitted about as far as a horse can sneeze! The danger is in transmission of the snot, so as long as nobody is going between your yard and theirs I wouldnt be too concerned. Horrible though it is, its rarely very dangerous, just a pain in the ass!
 
Thanks for the info, I did edit to say I found a site which said it's not airbourne, thank goodness, I always thought it was, hopefully then i'm fine.

Chellebean - i'm in Essex and apparently its in quite a few places in/around essex at the moment.
 
There is a suspected case getting tested a couple of miles from me. We have ours all booked in vaccinations on Wedensday, hope its not too late.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top