Veterinary Record Case Reports
Strangles in a polo mare in Nigeria: Clinical, bacteriological and molecular characterisation of Streptococcus equi
Abstract This report describes a confirmed case of strangles in an 18‐year‐old Sudanese polo mare at the Eleyele Polo Club in Ibadan, Nigeria. The mare presented with fever (40.0°C), bilateral submandibular and retropharyngeal lymphadenopathy, and spontaneous abscess rupture with thick purulent discharge. Haematological findings revealed neutrophilic leukocytosis with a left shift and mild anaemia. Bacteriological culture yielded beta‐haemolytic, catalase‐negative, Gram‐positive cocci in short chains. Molecular cha …