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Conversations about the world's most commonly diagnosed infectious disease in horses. Expert insights and real-life experience for horse lovers and professionals as part of Strangles Awareness Week 3 - 9 May in the UK and worldwide. Seven episodes cover experience preventing and managing the disease from award-winning and Olympic Team farriers, expert vets, international horse transporters as well as equestrian event venue and yard managers. Strangles Awareness Week is a collaboration between between the British Horse Society, Intervacc, Keeping Britain’s Horses Healthy, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, Scotland’s Rural College’s Premium Assured Strangles Scheme (PASS), Surveillance of Equine Strangles (SES), The (Dick) Royal School of Veterinary Studies and World Horse Welfare. Podcast production by: @RedwingsHorseSanctuary. Find out more about strangles by visiting redwings.org.uk/strangles or speaking to your veterinary surgeon.
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Hosted by Lydia, Campaigns Manager at Redwings Horse SanctuaryThis episode features a fascinating conversation between Abigail Turnbull (co-owner of Richmond Equestrian Centre) and Jonathan Cleaver (co-owner of Ivesley Equestrian). Abigail and Jonathan share honest insights on the impact of the Strangles outbreaks on their yards, discussing everything from business operations to the well-being of their equine community. Their candid discussion sheds light on the challenges faced during an out...
How do you manage a Strangles outbreak in a herd of semi-feral ponies? In this fascinating podcast we hear from two inspiring individuals as they explain why and how they took a proactive approach to clearing the disease from a group of Dartmoor ponies in 2021.Meet Dru Butterfield, Chief Executive of the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust, who was determined to stop Strangles in its tracks when it was causing serious illness among the 27 ponies then in the charity’s care. Dru explains how taki...
Everyone knows that vets are absolutely critical to tackling this notorious equine infectious disease but what's it like for vets facing the bug itself and the worried owner? We caught up with two special horse vets to tell us more about what makes the disease 'special' and how outbreaks can be managed effectively.First, Professor Scott Pirie has over 30 years of experience specialising in internal veterinary medicine at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at University ...
With so much stigma attached to it, Strangles can be a difficult thing to talk about so we are very lucky to have two horse owners, Angie and Michelle, with us in this episode.Angie’s three horses were infected after she purchased a Shetland foal and Michelle’s horse contracted the disease after changing yards. Find out more about their stories; what helped and what hindered and where they found the silver linings to their outbreaks.Disclaimer: these are personal recollections from individual...
In this conversation we hear from Andrew Stennett, founder of BHS Approved Centre – Grove House Stables as he shares with us all his lived experience of strangles and why it is so important for him to speak out and for us all to come together to help tackle this devastating disease. This podcast episode was produced by the British Horse Society For more information on Strangles:Redwings Strangles Information Pack - https://www.redwings.org.uk/sites/default/files/redwings_strangles_pack_single...
In this final Strangles Awareness Week podcast conversation, we hear from Dr Lisa Lidbeck, Equine Vet for Sweden’s International Eventing Team and David Honnet who is Show Groom for Olympic TeamGB Gold Medalist ScottBrash MBE.In this candid conversation with David we hear him speak openly and passionately about the importance of learning about Strangles and he admits even he could learn more. We hear why protocols at shows are so important to keep disease control in the hearts and...
Do you know a livery yard manager or owner is keeping strangles out of their busy yard? Yard Managers and Owners play an important role in horse owner education and protecting horse health but updating livery agreements and disease protocols can be tricky when it calls for horse owners to follow new rules. When and how do you upgrade your biosecurity. How do you encourage horse owners to follow the rules and how do you prepare yourself for an infectious horse on your yard? In this episo...
The most commonly diagnosed infectious disease in horses worldwide travels with our permission - if we let it!In this episode we speak to leading international horse shipping expert, Chris Burke, Managing Director of International Racehorse Transport based in Australia who tells us how seriously biosecurity is taken when working with horses worth millions of pounds.We then talk to UK-based expert horse transporter, Julie Magnus, who has more than 20 years of experience moving horses around th...
Strangles is the last thing a competitor wants to bring home to the yard from a horse show or event so what's it like running a successful venue for horse with the risk of spreading this horrible disease? We speak to two leading event venue managers to tell us more about how they protect the enjoyment of horses at their centres.Shirley Melling is the Yard Manager at Scotlands National Equestrian Centre (SNEC) and she tells us how she has become passionate about educating stu...
Farriers are not the first equine professional we think of in relation to infectious diseases like Strangles but the disease poses not only a threat to other customers but to their business and reputation.In this energising conversation between two of the UK's top farriers . We hear why biosecurity is important and the dilemmas farriers can face if an owner or yard manager fails to tell them about the disease status of their horse or yard.Ben Benson is a Master Farrier and Vice Presiden...
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