Streptococcus Zooepidemicus

It's what my vet thinks ours all had in 2006
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Strangles by any other name, really...........
 
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It's what my vet thinks ours all had in 2006
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Strangles by any other name, really...........

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So does it only apply to greyhounds, they're not very clear on it are they?
 
I read this and the H&H article and they both seem pretty vague to me - perhaps I have missed something, but some info about the symptoms etc would have been interesting? They just mention coughing.

I can't see that this would just be restricted to greyhounds surely? If it is transmittable to dogs then could it only affect a certain breed?
 
No, I believe Strep zoo to be a similar type of infection to strangles, and transmissable to horses. The people whose horses initially came down with a strangles lookalike had their horses swabbed and it came back negative
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Our vets didn't seem overly bothered and although I'm a very reasonable and sensible person who would have happily complied with any unofficial quarantine instructions, I was never asked to do anything and the 'S' word was never mentioned.
 
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