Strangles Awareness Week Podcast

Conversations about the world's most commonly diagnosed infectious disease in horses. Expert insights and real-life experience for horse lovers and professionals as part of Strangles Awareness Week 3 - 9 May in the UK and worldwide. Seven episodes cover experience preventing and managing the disease from award-winning and Olympic Team farriers, expert vets, international horse transporters as well as equestrian event venue and yard managers. Strangles Awareness Week is a collaboration between between the British Horse Society, Intervacc, Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Scotland’s Rural College’s Premium Assured Strangles Scheme (PASS), Surveillance of Equine Strangles (SES), The (Dick) Royal School of Veterinary Studies and World Horse Welfare. Podcast production by: @RedwingsHorseSanctuary. Find out more about strangles by visiting redwings.org.uk/strangles or speaking to your veterinary surgeon.

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Strangles Awareness Week Podcast

Vets Speak Out On Strangles

May 06, 2021 • Redwings Horse Sanctuary • Season 1 • Episode 5

Everyone knows that vets are absolutely critical to tackling this notorious equine infectious disease but what's it like for vets facing the bug itself and the worried owner? We caught up with two special horse vets to tell us more about what makes the disease 'special' and how outbreaks can be managed effectively.

First, Professor Scott Pirie has over 30 years of experience specialising in internal veterinary medicine at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at University of Edinburgh with a particular interest in respiratory infections in horses.

Then, listen on to hear from boots-on-the-ground Veterinary Surgeon Amy Smith from Alnorthumbria Vet Group who is fresh from successfully supporting the eradication of strangles on one large yard in the early part of 2021.

Strangles Awareness Week is a campaign that aims to promote openness around the disease and make biosecurity a part of everday horse care across the Equine Industry. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the British Horse Society, Intervacc, Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Scotland’s Rural College’s Premium Assured Strangles Scheme (PASS), Surveillance of Equine Strangles (SES), The (Dick) Royal School of Veterinary Studies and World Horse Welfare and the podcast has been coordinated and produced by Redwings Horse Sanctuary.

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For more on Strangles:

· Redwings Strangles Information Pack and Strangles Hub referenced by Amy

· BHS Strategy for Eradication and Prevention of Strangles

· SRUC's Premium Assured Strangles Scheme

· Keeping Britain's Horses Healthy Strangles Advice

· World Horse Welfare's Disease prevention guidance

For vets and equestrian professionals listening to the podcast episode. You may be interested in the latest publication of Rendle et al (2021) "Streptococcus equi infections: current best practice in the diagnosis and management of ‘strangles’" published in UK-Vet Equine

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