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Nobody is more anal than I am now about giving vaccinations to my 
horses.  It's been a few years now since my horse Weaver had a bad reaction 
the 2nd year he received a nasal strangles vaccine.  From that point in 
time, he has received absolutely no vaccinations of any kind.

Until now.  I seriously was concerned enough about WN to risk giving him 
this vaccine.  We did take precautions (+ lots of discussion w/ my vet and 
Dr. G too), and I did work on building up his immune system before he went 
to the vet clinic.  Once there, he received the shot and then we stayed 
there for some time letting him graze.  I kept a real close eye on him for 
a couple of days afterwards looking for signs of a reaction.  So far 
<knocking on wood>, so good.  It's been a week (and, I did find time to 
ride him this weekend too, lol!) and he looks and feels great.

I just could not justify taking this horse to areas where West Nile exists 
without vaccinating him.  Of course, the other choice I could have made 
would be to simply not take him anywhere and hope that it doesn't come 
here.  My other two horses were both vaccinated with their first two shot 
series last year with boosters this year.   The odds are high that this 
horse will be in areas where other horses have gotten WN in the coming year 
and I chose to give the vaccine.  Even with his reaction history.  The 
death rate in unvaccinated horses is just too high.

A dead crow positive for WNV was found in Los Angeles County.  It's coming!

Happy Trails,
Karen
in NV




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