Strangles

[Jade2007]

Hi
A lady bought a horse from Duckhurst Auctions the other week. He has strangles, although it is not certain until wednesday, the vets are pretty sure. As this horse came from auctions, the chances are that all the other horses that were near it at any point also have been infected. If you bought a horse from Duckhurst Auctions June 2007 - PUT IT IN QUARRANTINE IMMEDIATLY! I now cannot attend camp [which I have already paid £270 for] or hickstead, infact through the whole summer holidays I cannot even hack out, meaning i have to ride in a hot, dusty indoor school with no other riding facilities! I just want to warn those in the south east that strangles is on the loose, so be very cautious!
P.S. If you have ever experienced your horse having strangles, please reply!

 

[NewHeights_SJ]

Where abouts is Duckhurst?

I live in Northampton and unfortunatly it is going around...

 

[Jade2007]

Duckhurst is in Staplehurst in the south east of england, the actual yard do not have it but any horses that were on the same lorry or were near the horse that came up my yard will probably be infected

 

[Jade2007]

It's a bummer really, the horse in my signature is new and I'm finally getting somewhere with him, he has amazing talent and has jumped 4ft9 with his previous owner [ we are freinds ] and now all that work has gone to waste and I'll have to start again next year ...

 

[mlm]

they should contact duckhurst for two reasons firstly they would know who the seller was and perhaps they need to be informed if they are dealers selling all over the country. and secondly i went to one of them sales a few years back when it first started and both the warm up and show ring were used and some of the stables. what if this horse had a small amount of snot then and coughed there and surely lots of people touched the horse when they were looking at it before the sale. it might be a carrier

 

[Jade2007]

I found out that my District Commissioner knows the x-owner and it did not have strangles when they owned it, the chances are it picked up the infection at duckhurst

 

[embonaught]

Can anyone shed any light on the cases in Northampton/Wellingboro? I know some events have been cancelled but wondered which side of the area it's coming from - I'm meant to be competing at Keysoe on Tues but not sure now whether to go.
Thanks

 

[Quarrybank]

JR - you've seen my post below re my current situation. My yard has been quarenteened for 7 weeks & we've been really lucky that only my horse has been affected with it. However it affects the whole yard with the restrictions. They have also only been able to go in are sand school. The best thing you can do is issolate the horse in question & split the rest into 2 groups. Those that have had contact with the new horse & the others.
Everyhorse on the yard should have its temperature taken every day as that'll probably be your first sign.
As long as only this horse has it, & if it recovers quickly & is tested as strangles free, you're probably looking at 2 months. The problem is if anything else gets it, as you're looking at 2 months from that as well

As I'm going through it, all I can say is please bear a thought for the owner of the horse concerned. if she's like me, she'll be worried about her own horse, plus she'll feel terrible that the rest of the yard is affected. My poor horse has complications & aside from being worried about him, I also have a huge vets bill, which is getting bigger my the day

Plus you can still ride your horse even if it is only in the school.
There are lots of websites. The best being the BHS one for strangles awareness week.
Good luck & I hope you yard is strangles free as soon as possible & that your horse isn't affected.

 

[Jade2007]

Thanks for the info, but you say about the owner, in this situation I do not agree. The lady had 8 horses in the 5 months she's been up the yard, but told the yard owner she was not dealing. Two days later, she bought another horse, and the next day the yard owner found an ad in a newspaper about her being a dealer. She has been banned from the yard after lying to Deana, however yesterday she came up and acted as if everything was OK.
Luckily my horses haven't been anywhere near the horse, and it has now been taken to another place where it is not near any other horses. However, my yard is a block of 51 horses, and 5 have been in close contact and been plastered in mucus from the infected horse.
My DC knows about this and my pony club is cancelling every event as the day after the horse arrived at our yard we went to a show as it showed no signs of illness back then.
Because this was all started at an auction, something tells me it's going to be like foot and mouth, any professional yard in our area wouldn't take the risk of letting any infected horses in.

 

[Jemayni]

Why do you have to isolate your horse for such a long time? I was under the impresson, that horses could be transported 3 weeks after the last case on the yard is clear?

And I think you could be right about it picking up the infection at the auction; Im on a dealers yard & it really is horrific at the moment (we've had 2 cases this year!)

 

[Jade2007]

It has to be eight weeks as some horses can carry it without even having the infection and it can also take up to eight weeks to show symptoms

 

[FinkleyAlex]

My horse had strangles in november, was finally released from isolation in january, if you have any questions feel free to ask/pm me

 

[mlm]

get the owner to have a gutteral pouch wash this could cut the time down. this can be done one week after the snot has gone.

 

[NewHeights_SJ]

[ QUOTE ]
Can anyone shed any light on the cases in Northampton/Wellingboro? I know some events have been cancelled but wondered which side of the area it's coming from - I'm meant to be competing at Keysoe on Tues but not sure now whether to go.
Thanks

[/ QUOTE ]

There is one confirmed case in Northamptonshire. It is at Glebe Farm in Bozeat (nr wellingborough) As yet, there are no others that i know of.

You should be fine going to Keysoe.

 

[Sneedy]

I've also heard there is a case in the Earls Barton area?

 

[NewHeights_SJ]

Sneedy - Not as far as i know. To be honest there seems to be alot of rumours going around, but as far as i am aware, the only confirmed case in Northamptonshire is at Glebe Farm.

Obviously, if anyone hears anything different, it is good to know.

 

[tel]

think it is just the glebe case. we had heard Friday there was one at Grendon but we believe now this was rumour control getting out of hand and it is just one case in Northampton

 

[stevie_stevie]

can anyone confirm please how long the bacteria lasts if it is on pasture (horse been grazing then find its got strangles) so kept in thereafter? should the grazing be rested for x time ?

 

[Tia]

Almond; this link should answer your questions.

Strangles Facts

 

[Tia]

Well her lying to the owner about whether she is a dealer or not has really nothing to do with the horse picking up strangles - it's really not her fault that the horse caught strangles.

I honestly wouldn't class strangles in the same league as F&M. Strangles has been around since at least the 13th Century....not exactly a new condition and certainly not a death sentence like F&M is.