Around 10% of strangles victims can continue to carry the bacteria whilst appearing outwardly healthy.
Vets may lance absesses - always ask for advice if strangles is suspected.
"It should be noted the apparent symptoms of strangles were not identified until 14 days after the horse arrived back at Newmarket.
"As a precautionary measure, blood samples taken from the applicable horse during its stay in the UAE and before its departure are currently being analysed for strangles. The ERA will release the results once the analysis is complete as final confirmation that the horse in question was clear of the contagion before it left the UAE."
Strangles infected horses, naturally and experimentally, depicts a great deal of change in hematological parameters, such as total and differential leukocytic counts (Hamlen et al., 1994).
Herbie was diagnosed with
strangles onMarch 25, allegedly froma transient horse at a yard where it was being kept.
During the campaign, have your say by visiting www.equine-strangles.co.uk or for further information call the
strangles information line on 01908 685685.
Peter Webbon, the AHT's chief executive, said: "
Strangles must be beaten.
LDRC secretary Caroline Kemp said: "We've heard from a reliable source that
strangles is in the vicinity.
Strangles attacks a horse's larynx, leading to swollen glands that can restrict airways.
THE Animal Health Trust and British Horse Society yesterday unveiled a two-year public awareness campaign which they hope will raise pounds 250,000 to combat the pernicious equine respiratory disease known as
strangles.
Evidence of
strangles has prompted US sales company Fasig-Tipton to delay the auction of a group of horses owned by Bernice L Givens Sykes, due to go through