can humans get strangles from horses
Extension > Agriculture > Livestock > Horse > Horse health > Strangles. Strangles is a highly contagious bacterial infection caused by Streptococcus equi. It can be spread by horse-to-horse contact or when humans, tack, drinking troughs, etc. becoming contaminated with the pus or nasal discharge from affected horses. Horses that have not been exposed to the bacteria in recent years are particularly susceptible because their immunity usually declines over time.