Horse box, used by vet to treat highly contagious infection, stolen from Derbyshire village

The horse box was stolen in the early hours of Saturday, April 1 from Killamarsh in North East Derbyshire.

This trailer has been used by a vet in the last few days to treat and take samples for a horse infection called Strangles.

Strangles is an infection caused by bacteria called Streptococcus equi and it is highly contagious to horses. The infection can be spread by horse-to-horse contact or by humans, tack, drinking troughs and other environmental factors, like a trailer.