The ABC has the worrying news that the charmingly named “Strangles” is attacking the region’s horses:
A highly contagious disease that has the potential to kill horses has broken out in the ACT and parts of southern New South Wales.
Strangles is a bacterial disease that causes nasal discharge and swelling of the lymph nodes around the animal’s neck and head, which, in extreme cases, restricts breathing.
ACT senior veterinary officer Dr Will Andrew says the five outbreaks so far have been among recreational horses.
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What’s Your opinion?
An outbreak of Strangles in Canberra’s horses
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Nasal discharge? Yummmm…
shirty_bear said :
No you didn’t.
Someone better vaccinate Brumby Jack….
Meat pie/lasagne jokes aside this is serious. We nearly lost a horse once to strangles as I didn’t get the vet quickly enough. Poor old mite had reams of pus coming out of his nostrils and glands the size of cricket balls.
At first glance I read that as “Canberra’s whores” … that *would* be a story.
Is this going to affect the supply of meat pies in Canberra?