Streptococcus zooepidemicus
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- Colonises mucous membranes
- Causes mastitis, pneumonia, sinusitis and navel infections in horses
- S. zooepidemicus can cause similar signs to strangles in horses and may accompany COPD
- Secondary invador after equine influenza
- Colonises skin and mucous membranes of cattle, lambs, pigs and poultry and causes suppurative infections and septicaemia
- Can cause vascular fragility, leading to haemorrhagic disease