Re: RC: Strangles

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/15/99 12:21:46 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
janesmom@ecis.com writes:

<< About two years ago I had my young mule gelded.  About a week later he
 developed the "snots."  Then my youngest mare (6YO) got the snots.  A week
 or so after that, the two older mares (one 16, the other 9) both got
 full-blown strangles (neither had strangles previously).  Vet swore no cases
 had been reported locally (this was in January), none of the equines had
 been off the property since October, so who knows where it came from... >>

How long have you lived on your place?  Strangles can remain in the soil for 
20 years or more.  It's quite possible that you had some there that was 
getting a bit "weak" but that the stress of gelding the mule made him more 
susceptible.  Then once he got it, he was able to pass it on to the others.

Heidi


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