Vet Times Podcast

Strangles, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi, is one of the most frequently diagnosed infectious diseases of horses across the world. It is highly contagious and is one of the most common equine respiratory diseases in the UK, with an estimated 600 outbreaks in the UK alone. Here we are joined by Andrew Waller, chief scientific officer at Intervacc AB, the company that developed the strangles vaccine, Strangvac. He will be talking to us about vaccination guidelines in the face of a strangles outbreak and how vaccination, alongside good stable management and biosecurity procedures, can play a really important role in improving herd immunity and reducing the number of strangles cases in the equine population, thereby preventing major economic loss to the equestrian industry. _______________________