strangles

[scoti]

help please,
My 3 yr old Welsh section c that I have had since he was 6months old has just been diagionsed with ******* strangles. I am confused by this heres why.
He has not left my yard since I got him,
He has no temp,
He has no runny nose,
He has no swelling around neck/throat.
However he was just not quite himself and had an abscess high up on his right hind leg which burst bloods showed he been in contact with strangles in last 6 months and that as it had burst he had ******* strangles.
Only thing I can add to this is 9 weeks ago we bought a new pony he is fine no symptoms at all.
There has only been one other pony in contact with the 3yr old and this pony is now on another yard but has been scoped and results were clear.
I wondering if anyone else has experienced strangles like this before.

 

[Birker2020]

help please,
My 3 yr old Welsh section c that I have had since he was 6months old has just been diagionsed with ******* strangles. I am confused by this heres why.
He has not left my yard since I got him,
He has no temp,
He has no runny nose,
He has no swelling around neck/throat.
However he was just not quite himself and had an abscess high up on his right hind leg which burst bloods showed he been in contact with strangles in last 6 months and that as it had burst he had ******* strangles.
Only thing I can add to this is 9 weeks ago we bought a new pony he is fine no symptoms at all.
There has only been one other pony in contact with the 3yr old and this pony is now on another yard but has been scoped and results were clear.
I wondering if anyone else has experienced strangles like this before.

Hi there.

When you keep saying ******* strangles (it won't let me type the word either) do you mean Ba*ta*d strangles? B*st*rd strangles is an unusual complication of strangles and can cause abcesses to form throughout the body but these are normally internal. The legs usually swell quite significantly as well.

It is a very serious condition but can be treated I believe by strong antibiotics over many weeks. The usual course of this illness can be 3-4 weeks.

 

[scoti]

Hi yeah that is what I am talking about.

Leg didn't swell apart from inside at the very top. Initial diagnosis was torn abductor muscle which we treated for 2 weeks until leading him out stable one morning all this puss was pouring down his leg.

Vet came out to see and said it wasn't torn abductor muscle after all but an abscess.

Bloods were taken and results showed strangles. No other symptoms.

 

[cm2581]

Blood tests do not tell you that your horse has strangles. They will only confirm that horse has antibodies to Strep. equi equi which is the causative agent of strangles. It is often the case that horses have been exposed to the bacteria without developing clinical disease and therefore develop antibodies to the bacteria. The abcess puss should be cultured and/or PCR tested for a definitive result. The horse could have an abcess due to a puncture wound and most certainly not have strangles!

I sincerely hope that you have misunderstood what your vet has said and they don't actually think your horse has stranlges as it has an abcess and no other clinical symptoms.