
1) Distemper 2) Does in with a rope 3) Equine distemper 4) Garrotes 5) Horse disease
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1) Garrotes
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Strangles (also equine distemper) is a contagious upper respiratory tract infection of horses and other equines caused by a bacterium, Streptococcus equi var equi. Strangles is enzootic in domesticated horses worldwide. The contagious nature of the infection has at times led to limitations on sporting events. ==Biology== The disease is spread when...
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• (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.
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horse disease caused by Streptococcus equi, a bacterium that invades nasal and throat passages and forms abscesses in lymph nodes and other parts of ...
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Strangles - Bacterial Streptococcus equi. Spread by direct contact with nasal secretions or pus from draining submandibular abscesses. These can be indirectly spread via buckets, pitchforks, stomach tubes, hands, etc. Signs-- usually occur 3-4 days after exposure, initially, fever, anorexia, swollen submandibular lymph nodes, which rupture and drain infectious material, purulent nasal discharge, confirmation by culture of abscess material or nasopharyngeal swab. Horses showing the early signs of…...
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Stran'gles noun A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.
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Bacterial respiratory disease caused by Streptococcus equii causing swollen abscessed glands
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Type: Term Pronunciation: strang′gĕlz Definitions: 1. A highly contagious condition of horses resulting from infection with Streptococcus equi equi. Abbreviated taxonomy: Bacteria; Firmicutes; Lactobacillales; Streptococcaceae; Streptoccus; Streptococcus equi. Lymphadenopathy, especially of mandibular, parotid, and retropharyngeal lymph ...
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Extremely important, highly contagious bacterial disease of young horses caused by Streptococcus equi; characterized by inflammation of the pharyngeal mucous membranes, with swelling, inflammation, and abscess formation in the associated lymph nodes; also called distemper.
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distemper (def. 1b).
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