^^ STRANGLES 



Van de Velde, in a very exhaustive series of experiments, 

 showed that an antitoxin produced from one streptococcus will 

 not immunize against another, save to a very slight degree. 

 Better results are reported by the use of polyvalent serums. 

 There are a number of acute local disorders, such as 

 vaginitis in cows, that have been attributed to this genus. 



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STRANGLES. 



Synonyms. Adenitis equorum ; Coryza contagiosa 

 equorutn ; Distemper ; Gourme ; Druse. 



§ 22. Characterization. Strangles is an infectious dis- 

 ease of horses, asses and their hybrids occurring sporadically 

 and in epizootics. It is characterized principally by a fever, 

 followed by an acute catarrh of the mucosa of the upper air 

 passages especially of the nares, and a suppurative inflamma- 

 tion of the lymph glands of the submaxillary and pharyngeal 

 regions. The lesions, however, are not restricted to these 

 parts. It is a disease of young animals. 



§ 23. History. Strangles was among the first equine 

 diseases to be recognized. In 1664, SoUeysel gives an account 

 of it and points to the fact that it had been known for a long 



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