Equine Strangles

Question 1

if youre going to use drugs to treat strangles, the antibiotic you should pick is

Answer 1

penicillin

Question 2

what is bastard strangles

Answer 2

when the disease spreads to internal lymph nodes/rest of the body. sorta like systemic strangles.

Question 3

definitive diagnosis of strangles is made by

Answer 3

culture of the nasal discharge

Question 4

how is strangles treated?

Answer 4

emergency horses that can’t breathe: tracheostomy

without abscess formation: can give penicillin OR let the disease run its course

WITH abscess formation: do NOT use penicillin

once abscess is soft and mature you can STAB IT

ISOALTE sick horses and disinfect!

Question 5

what is pura pura hemorrhagica?

Answer 5

vasculitis resulting in pitting edema and petechiation