Strangles...does anyone know

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Enfys

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how long a stable should be left empty for after an infected horse has been in it please? If my Vet wasn't at a conference in Baltimore I'd ask him.

I have finally had an additional isolation paddock built and have kicked the skanky one out of the barn.(:mad: that expense wasn't planned, bloody quarantine yards, they tested her in the US for everything else under the sun why not Strangles?)

No apologies for calling her names, she is very sweet, bright as a button and very chipper, but has just been dumped here and I've been left holding the can so to speak, with a shut down yard and all that goes with that. I am so glad I routinely isolate incoming horses especially this one that was supposed to go out with the broodmares and weanlings:( Well, that isn't going to happen, at all!:(

The stall has been emptied, disinfected, scrubbed and cleaned down to the bone but...huge but, my floors are soil, it has been sprayed, but it is impossible to empty, does anyone have any idea how long it is going to be unusable for? Does temperature play a part? We are still fairly warm at about -2C to -6C right now.

Thankyou.
 
When we had Strangles the vet at an Equine Specialist Vet clinic told us 9 weeks for fields so if you're on dirt......?
 
foxy1 said:
When we had Strangles the vet at an Equine Specialist Vet clinic told us 9 weeks for fields so if you're on dirt......?
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Oh crappity crap, crap:mad: Thankyou. Would be easier to set a match to the entire barn :( Ah well, life goes on, I'll stick the goats in that stall and use theirs instead.
 
The bacteria responsible is pretty labile and dies very quickly outside the host - usually within 10days tbh - especially as the temp of minus figures is way to cold to sustain life. If you've sprayed the floors to disinfect, even though they're soil, the answer is probably about 10days, but leave empty for 2-3 weeks to be sure and you should be fine!
HTH
Imogen
 
ImogenBurrows said:
The bacteria responsible is pretty labile and dies very quickly outside the host - usually within 10days tbh - especially as the temp of minus figures is way to cold to sustain life. If you've sprayed the floors to disinfect, even though they're soil, the answer is probably about 10days, but leave empty for 2-3 weeks to be sure and you should be fine!
HTH
Imogen
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Imogen, Thankyou very much for that. :)
 
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