Clinical Trial
*Strangles*
Strangles
is caused by strep.
This is the horse version of strep throat. It is very contagious! Spread by horses
touching nose to nose, drinking from the same trough etc. It destroys and turns
lymph nodes to pus. This is very difficult to treat; you cannot get the antibiotics
into these abscesses. No blood supply.
That is often why antibiotics fail. Chronic infections are common. The animal
never fully wins the battle, and this strep lives on in the lymph nodes.
These chronic infections can come back years later as bastard strangles. This
can affect the long-term athletic fitness and performance of the horse.
There
is evidence that horses with strangles will never run or
perform quite as well as horses that have never had strangles.
Livestock
Stress Formula
TF
Performance and Show
TF Animal
Stress Pack
Key
Ingredients
Clinical
Trial on Strangles:
This trial involved a brood mare farm. 21 foals (ranging from 5-6 months of
age.) All were housed and fed as one group. (Perfect nursery environment) Vets
observation upon start was that all foals had strangles to some degree. Antibiotics
were not used. Blood was drawn day 0 and day 10. First day of observation,
all foals were sick, some had fever, not eating, swollen lymph nodes. They
were observed daily. By day, ten - 20 of the 21 foals had increased vigor,
vitality, and appetite. This disease usually lasts at least 3 weeks and has
a high mortality rate. There were no signs of lymph node ruptures, or drainage,
which sometimes happens with this. Conclusion: The length of the illness and
severity were dramatically improved Length of illness was 10 days Vs 21 days Lab
results are available on audiotape. In closing, as an adjunct to conventional
therapy, these products should be used. Our goal is to bring up the immune
system to aid the antibiotics and allow the animal to catch up with the antibiotics.
Dr. Joe Ramaekers, DVM
Protocol: All
horses were drenched for the first two days with the TF Stress
Pack. Thereafter the stress pack was top-dressed on their
feed. (They were group feed)
TF
Performance and Show
TF
Stress Pack
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