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Re: [RC] Strangles in SE region - Angie Fura

Angie - I rode with Cade and Josie at Skymont so I called my vet.  I learned something that I thought I should pass on to everyone.  Even though my horse Sabre is vaccinated for Strangles, he could have brought the virus home with him and infected other unvaccinated horses.   I have a new horse and I am checking right now to see if he had the vaccine.  Fortunately, he has not shown any symptoms. 
 
BTW - thanks for sharing this info. 
 

Angie Fura

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From: "rides2far@xxxxxxxx" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 10:55:33 AM
Subject: [RC] Strangles in SE region

OK guys, for once I have The government website says quarantine 30 days after last symptoms. It is possible for a horse who appears recovered to continue to shed virus for several months, which is probably what happened here. Someone thought their horse was healthy but it is a "shedder" that can continue to infect others. The only way to know if a horse that recently had strangles has stopped shedding the virus is to have a series of 3 nasal swabs done in one week. ($80 per whack) I will be doing this before I bring my own horses back to a competition since it's impossible for our horses not to share water at most rides. NOBODY has to fear that I will bring it, but I definitely recommend that people get the intranasal vaccine this year since it's obviously shown up at a ride already so the opportunity to cross paths with a "shedder" is better than usual.  Sorry for the delay in info but we honestly did not know for sure what we were dealing with until 2 days ago and wanted to be sure before we said anything.





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