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Strangles in Egypt is an equine "childhood disease" in that we don't 
have a vaccine for it, and from what I read of all the problems with 
vaccines and such, I think I'm glad.  Most of our horses come down with 
a case of strangles sometime in their first 18 months, during which 
time we monitor temperatures and watch them closely for any problems, 
but otherwise we do nothing but try to isolate them as much as 
possible.  My latest filly, Diva, who is about a year now, just came 
down with a case, showing a runny nose and the signature swollen glands 
in the throat.  Since all of the other horses have had strangles, I 
didn't bother to isolate her, but we did make sure that she was eating, 
drinking and not running a serious fever.

I'm sure that at some point some enterprising vet will import strangles 
vaccine so that he can charge us a fortune for it, but I'm pretty happy 
with the way it's handled now.  I haven't heard of anyone's horses 
having any serious repercussions as long as the monitoring was done 
properly and they weren't stupid and administered antibiotics.

Maryanne
Egypt

On Thursday, May 13, 2004, at 16:25 Africa/Cairo, Laurie Durgin wrote:

> At my daughters trainers barn, the vet gave the Nasal Strangles, and 
> vacinated the neck. The horse abbcessed in the neck,somehow the needle 
> got 'contaiminated' from the Strangles.
> Perhaps some was in the air, or the vets hand, etc. In a blindness 
> case, perhaps it could have 'projected ' thru the air to the horses 
> eyes ?
>
>
> > From: DarkHorseGoddess@xxxxxxx
> > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [RC]   FDA Warning Letter to Fort Dodge
> > Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 23:25:06 EDT
> >
> > >>With regard to abcesses following use of the IN strangles 
> > vaccine--this is
> > almost ALWAYS due to either improper administration or to the horse 
> > having a
> > pre-existing open lesion of some sort
> >
> >
> > Heidi
> > My horse has no open lesions and the IN was properly administrated by 
> > my Vet.
> > The IN Strangles caused an abscess inside my horse's head.....it was 
> > on his
> > brain. A spinal tap sample was sent to Gluck, to the Vet who 
> > developed the FD
> > IN Strangles vaccine, it was confirmed that my horse suffered an 
> > adverse
> > reaction to the IN vaccine and it was confirmed that it caused the 
> > brain abscess.
> >
> > I have no doubt that "something" was wrong with the vaccine that was 
> > used on
> > my horse and the stallion that died.  What are the odds that two 
> > horses
> > vaccinated from the same vaccine vial would have adverse reactions 
> > that caused
> > bastard strangles inside their bodies?
> >
> > >>with the exception of the IN strangles (when appropriate) simply 
> > because at
> > this point it is the best thing on the market for preventing strangles
> >
> > I personally spoke with the researcher who developed the Fort Dodge IN
> > strangles, and he is very concerned with the high amount of adverse 
> > reactions. In
> > fact he is in the process of developing a new strangles vaccine, this 
> > research
> > is being funded by the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
> >
> > I never asked any one to boycott Fort Dodge, I stated that I would 
> > never
> > again use their products, as I no longer trust Fort Dodge, their 
> > products nor the
> > Vets who work in the Professional Unit. Raven
>
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