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[RC] Please keep your sick horses home - Kristi SchaafHi all -
Last month there was an endurance clinic held in my
region. An acquaintance took her horse and had a great
time. She did notice that one of the volunteers had a
horse on site that was sick (very snotty nose), so
when that person came up to take her horse's
heartrate, she asked if the person had washed her
hands and was told yes. Well, unfortunately she
learned the hard way that simple hand washing won't
stop the spread of strangles. Her horse now has
bastard strangles and is VERY ill, with catastrophic
vet bills and liver and kidney damage. Please please
please leave your horses home if they aren't 100%.
This woman may very well lose her horse due to someone
thinking that it was fine to bring a snotty-nosed
horse to a public event.
Kristi
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