Ridecamp: Re: [RC] rabies and WNV

I do vaccinate for Rabies,  most of my peers do not but it's such a terrible
death for the horse, and completely preventable.  In Missouri,  you have to
have a vet give the shot.
Debbie Trimble


----- Original Message -----
From: "LOUISE D BURTON" <FIREDANCEFARMS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 4:58 PM
Subject: [RC] rabies and WNV


> This is a quote from the Tulsa World in Oklahoma 8-21-02
>
> "On the rabies front, the division reports, as of July 29 two bats tested
> positive for rabies in Tulsa County, but those were the only two cases in
> the entire state this year. By far, the biggest culprits are
ground-walking
> animals: 53 skunks, six cats, five dogs, four horses and three cows.
> Confirmed rabies cases for the years 1990 through 1999, were: skunks 70.7
> percent of cases, cattle 11 percent, cats 5.4 percent, bats 4.3 percent,
> horses 3.9 percent, dogs 3.9 percent and other 0.8 percent."
>
> I find this interesting the percentage of horses is the same as dogs!  Do
> you vaccinate your horse for rabies?
>
> Louise
> Louise Burton
> Firedance Farms Endurance Arabians
> Oklahoma
> http://pages.prodigy.net/firedancefarms
>
>
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