The first clinical sign of strangles is a rapid increase in rectal temperature (103°-106° F). This fever is usually accompanied by depression and loss of appetite. Affected horses will invariably develop a purulent (pus–like) nasal discharge and swelling with subsequent abscess formation of lymph nodes in the head and throat region.
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