Difference between revisions of "Streptococci"

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*''S. zooepidemicus'' can cause sililar signs to [[Bacterial infections#In Horses|strangles in horses]]
 
*''S. zooepidemicus'' can cause sililar signs to [[Bacterial infections#In Horses|strangles in horses]]
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*May cause [[Paranasal sinuses - inflammatory|sinusitis]] in horses

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  • Haemolytic streptococci of Lancefield group C are common inhabitants of the equine nasopharynx *Streptococcus zooepidemicus and S. equisimilis are usually non-pathogenic
  • S. equi is more pathogenic and is the cause of strangles with rhinitis, pharyngitis, lymphadenitis

URT inflammation in horses