Strangles, or ‘Equine strep’ kills thousands of donkeys in Niger
by News Desk from Outbreak News Today on (#4AA1T)
Just as strep throat can run rampant in elementary schools, strangles, the "strep throat" of horses, caused by a different Streptococcus bacterium, Streptococcus equi sp equi, is highly contagious. It is also known as equine distemper. According to the African news source, Vanguard, the contagious bacterial infection has killed more than 4,000 donkeys in northern ["]
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