WE are sure that the new strangles vaccine will be a vital tool in disease prevention and a huge benefit to the equestrian industry,” announced Sara Barker of Dechra Veterinary Products. Dechra has announced a ground-breaking vaccine to protect horses and ponies against strangles. Developed over 25 years, Strangvac is the first and only intramuscular vaccine for strangles - a highly contagious disease caused by the Streptococcus equi bacterium.

Strangvac is proven effective in more than 94 per cent of horses, reducing the clinical signs of strangles, including high temperature, coughing. Difficulty swallowing and inappetance. It can be administered to foals from the age of five months, with two injections given at a four-week interval.