Giving horses the BEST protection from strangles

Following an outbreak of strangles in the early 1990s, Redwings Horse Sanctuary has operated a strangles quarantine and screening programme. This successfully prevented incursion of the disease into the sanctuary for many years, with an isolated outbreak in 2015 leading to further refinement in practices. Redwings’ team has supported and participated in the diagnosis and treatment of a range of complex strangles cases, developing skills in endoscopic and surgical management of challenging cases, as well as refining biosecurity practices in response to emerging knowledge.