The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) recently released its consensus statement on guidelines for treatment, control, and prevention of strangles, which is caused by Streptococcus equi. The 12-page paper took about a year to complete and reflects the input of researchers and veterinary clinicians across the country. The document was published in the January issue of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine and can be found online at www.acvim.org/wwwfp/ConsensusStmts/Strangles.pdf.

Corinne Sweeney, DVM, professor of Medicine and vice chair of the Department of Clinical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, was one of four veterinarians on the committee that assembled the guidelines. A draft of the guidelines was presented at the ACVIM Forum in June 2004, where input was solicited from large animal internists. Sweeney said there was a great deal of input at the forum and a modest amount after the draft was posted on the ACVIM web site for comment