How Do Horses Get Strangles? To get strangles, a horse needs to be exposed to S. equi. This can happen if the horse has direct contact with an infected/carrier horse, or if it has indirect contact with an infected/carrier horse.
What are the first signs of strangles in horses?
What are the signs of Strangles?
- Depression.
- Loss of appetite/ Difficulty eating.
- Raised temperature.
- Cough.
- Nasal discharge, often thick and yellow (purulent or pus like).
- Swollen lymph nodes (glands) around the throat.
- Drainage of pus from the lymph nodes around the jaw.
Is strangles an airborne disease?
Whilst strangles is not spread through the air (airborne), the bacteria can spread when a horse with strangles coughs or snorts.
