The incubation period for strangles is generally 3-5 days. The primary ways for horses to contract the disease is from direct contact with an infected horse or from contacting contaminated buckets, feeders, fences, stalls, trailers, etc. It is possible to contract the disease from contaminated airborne droplets, but that is considered much less of a threat than other routes of transmission unless the animals are rather close. Treatment consists of TLC (Tender Loving Care) and in severe cases supportive antibiotic therapy. Most horses will recover and build immunity so as not to acquire strangles again.
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How does a horse contract strangles, and what are the treatments?
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