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Thanks Susan!  I was hoping you'd chime in.  :)

Jennifer

Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM wrote:
> > Anybody know if the "year past the expiration date" statement is true?
> >   
>
> > I'll throw them in the trash in a hot second if I'm risking my horses' 
> > health.
> >   
>
> > But if they're perfectly good......?
> >   
>
>
> You're not risking your horse's health by using expired vaccines, as in they
> won't cause any actual harm, they just may not be as effective as fresher
> product.  Also, since Innovator has to be refrigerated, keep in mind that it
> can happen that the product wasn't always handled by someone that understood
> clearly about the need for refrigeration.  I've seen vaccines sitting on a
> back room shelf, which the counter help explained was where they kept it
> because otherwise there wasn't room in the frig for everyone's lunch, and it
> was okay because no customers had ever complained. :-/
>
> Anyway, you're probably okay, and will get 'sufficient' immune response,
> maybe just not totally maximal.  I couldn't use expired vaccines in my
> clinic for clients, but use the leftovers on my own animals all the time,
> usually do titers for fun every year or two, and they're always at
> protective levels.
>
> Susan Garlinghouse, DVM