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==In Horses==
 
==In Horses==
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*[http://www.ivis.org/special_books/Lekeux/chanter/chapter_frm.asp?LA=1 Overview of equine respiratory disease] by N Chanter of the Animal Health Trust, taken from Equine respiratory diseases edited by P Lekeux. Chapters of this book are published by the International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS)
      
===[[Strangles]]===
 
===[[Strangles]]===
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===''[[Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus]]''===
 
===''[[Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus]]''===
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===[[Glanders]]===
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===Glanders===
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*Caused by [[Burkholderia mallei|''Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) mallei'']]
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*Exists in eastern Europe and Asia
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*Notifiable in UK
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*Characterised by multiple small submucosal [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|nasal nodules]] which liquefy and ulcerate
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**Cores of [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] surrounded by a rim of macrophages and [[Chronic Inflammation - Pathology#Granulation tissue|granulation tissue]]
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*In addition may have similar nodules in [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of pneumonia|lungs]], '''lymph nodes''' and '''cutaneous lymphatics''' 
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*Clinical signs: fever and head/ neck lymphadenitis, [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of rhinitis|rhinitis]]
      
===''Rhodococcus equi''===
 
===''Rhodococcus equi''===
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