Posted 2018-05-28 11:54 AM Subject: Strangles outbreak...what do you do when competing?
Veteran
Posts: 185
We have a strangles outbreak in our area. I would like to keep competing and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for precautions?
My horse is vaccinated for it but can still get it and I could still bring it home to others.
Do you/can you spray stalls down at competitions with something? Disinfecting wood is likely impossible but maybe there is something I could do?
Bring my own water?
No touching horses/people/dogs for either of us
or should I just stay home? This isn't something that happens in this area much
Posted 2018-05-28 1:44 PM Subject: RE: Strangles outbreak...what do you do when competing?
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Posts: 5293
Sounds like you have done all you can do. And it’s really impossible to prevent it. A horse can touch its nose on a panel 10 minutes before you got there and your horse could touch same spot and you wouldn’t even know. Either go and don’t worry about it , or stay home.
Posted 2018-05-28 6:09 PM Subject: RE: Strangles outbreak...what do you do when competing?
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Posts: 595 Location: North Dakota
Anytime things are going around our entire boarding barn just stays home. The owner doesn’t want anything brought back because it’s a private place and many people who board don’t go anywhere and don’t want their horses sick. It’s no fun because most of my spring/summer is usually shot. As of right now I don’t have a barrel horse so not hauling anyways. If I was in charge of my own horses on my own property I would go during almost any “outbreak”.
Strangles isn’t usually going to kill a horse. It runs its course and many of the aged horses with strong immune systems aren’t going to get it anyways.
I was hauling my friends 5 year old mare this spring and stalled her next to my friends horse who happen to test positive for strangles 4 days later. So it’s a good chance she was next to the horse while it was conraingious and she never got it nor did any other horse on the property.
Strangles outbreak...what do you do when competing?
