All Outputs (2)

Unwelcome neighbours: Tracking the transmission of Streptococcus equi in the United Kingdom horse population (2025)
Journal Article
McGlennon, A., Verheyen, K., Newton, J., van Tonder, A., Wilson, H., Parkhill, J., de Brauwere, N., Frosth, S., & Waller, A. (2025). Unwelcome neighbours: Tracking the transmission of Streptococcus equi in the United Kingdom horse population. Equine Veterinary Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14558

Background: Strangles (Streptococcus equi infection) remains endemic in the UK, with similar to 300 laboratory diagnoses annually. Sub-clinically infected long-term carriers are considered a key driver of endemicity. Analysing genomes of circulating... Read More about Unwelcome neighbours: Tracking the transmission of Streptococcus equi in the United Kingdom horse population.

Surveillance of equine strangles in the United Kingdom between 2015 and 2019 based on laboratory detection of Streptococcus equi (2021)
Journal Article
Mcglennon, A., Waller, A., Verheyen, K., Slater, J., Grewar, J., & Newton, R. (in press). Surveillance of equine strangles in the United Kingdom between 2015 and 2019 based on laboratory detection of Streptococcus equi. Veterinary Record, https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.948

Background: Previously national surveillance data for monitoring strangles (Streptococcus equi infection) in UK horses was limited. Improved awareness and knowledge of positive diagnoses would permit the optimisation of biosecurity protocols, decreas... Read More about Surveillance of equine strangles in the United Kingdom between 2015 and 2019 based on laboratory detection of Streptococcus equi.