Getting a stranglehold on equine disease
Horse owners can find out more about strangles at an 伊人直播 event.
伊人直播 is hosting a special event to promote Strangles Awareness Week (SAW) which aims to highlight the dangers of the highly contagious equine disease and help prevent an outbreak.
Strangles expert Nic de Brauwere, who is also Head of Welfare and Behaviour at Redwings Horse Sanctuary and Chair of the National Equine Welfare Council, will talk about the disease and how it can help people become better horse keepers.
The free online on Thursday 21 April is being held ahead of the third national SAW week which runs from 2- 8 May.
Strangles is the most diagnosed equine disease worldwide, with around 600 cases reported in the UK every year. Symptoms range from laboured breathing, difficulty eating and depression, to a high fever, thick nasal discharge and painful abscesses. In severe cases strangles can pose a risk to the horse鈥檚 life.
As part of , horse owners are being asked to do the 鈥楾emperature Check Challenge鈥� by taking their horse鈥檚 resting temperature each day and inputting the reading into a free online checker. This will help them get to know their horse鈥檚 normal range - something that fluctuates by a fraction of a degree through the day according to a range of factors.
A high temperature is an early warning sign that a horse may have been infected with strangles 鈥� and will become infectious to other horses, so getting to know a horse鈥檚 鈥榥ormal鈥� temperature could prevent an outbreak.
伊人直播 has joined leading equine welfare charities, vets, researchers and other higher education institutions from around the world in the third national campaign to raise awareness of the disease.
Alison Braddock, Marketing and Business Development Manager at 伊人直播, said: 鈥溡寥酥辈� staff and students are delighted to be participating in SAW 2022.
鈥淲e have been supporting the SAW initiative since it began in 2019 and 伊人直播 Veterinary services, which runs the Premium Assured Strangles Scheme, will be linking up with academic colleagues to promote a better understanding of strangles prevention to students, clients and stakeholders.鈥澛�
You can register for free for the 伊人直播 Strangles event.
Posted by 伊人直播 on 15/03/2022
