Know the signs and treatment needed for equine respiratory disease
With colder weather upon us and as more people travel with horses this time of year, there will be more congregating in barns. Thus, the risk increases of strangles, a highly contagious respiratory disease in horses.
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, advises strangles cases, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi subspecies equi, typically peak in the spring, so now is a good time for folks to be thinking about prevention…