Talk:Strangles

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The one-in-ten mortality rate seems kinda high. At my old job I treated around 80 horses, and never had one die. Though the first time I scrubbed down that burst abscess I was pretty sure I was going to die from gagging. StSkunko 04:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, I will try and find a citable source for mortality rate, and alter the article accordingly. Alsiola vet (talk) 04:46, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also agree - and have found a citation for a more realistic sounding mortality rate. --RE73 (talk) 20:28, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't like that "shipping fever" sends me to an article on strangles. I was directed here from an article on cattle and I expected to read about shipping fever in cattle, not strangles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.81.85.232 (talk) 21:05, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Shipping fever should not redirect to Strangles. I've switched the link on the redirect page to Pneumonia (non-human) for now. Shipping fever probably deserves its own page though. Getwood (talk) 01:26, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Incubation period

According to this the incubation period of strangles is approximately a fortnight. However, new outbreaks can occur up to three weeks or more after the initial outbreak as infected horses can shed the bacterium for long periods.

Any other literature to confirm this - or is this a reliable enough source ?? EdwardLane (talk) 19:51, 5 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Strangles/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Covers the basics, but needs expansion of all sections, more references, and an image or two. --Joelmills 01:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 01:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 07:08, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Not only horses

S. equi is actually S. equi subsp. equi (affects only horses) and shares 80% of the genome with S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus which can cause infections in other animals and, rarely, humans. So, the redirection from S. equi to this (Strangles) should be extended to offer a link the other pathogen, as well. --SCIdude (talk) 13:48, 10 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]