Helen Whitelegg

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Figure 1. Retropharyngeal and/or submandibular lymph nodes (pictured) are commonly abscessed during S. equi infection.
Nursing/SQP

Nursing a horse with strangles

When a horse ingests or inhales S. equi, the bacteria move quickly to the lymph nodes around the head – most commonly the submandibular and retropharyngeal lymph nodes. By entering a lymph node,...