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<< > We don't have too many rabid coyotes wandering round the horse pastures
in
> Michigan. And even if we did, I'd have to be convicnced that the threat
of
> rabies was greater than the negative consequences of giving my horses the
> vaccine. I have studied vaccines and their relationship to immune
> malfunction and cancer for some years now--and I'm not afraid to say, I'd
> take some powerful convincing.
>
> Trish
Hi Trish,
You know our biggest rabies pool out here is in the skunk population (bet
you've got some of those in Michigan). Racoons also are significant
carriers. Anyhow, rabies vac is cheap insurance for my ponies...maybe
its the altitude ;<) >>
It isn't that I question whether or not we have rabid animals in Michigan--it
is the odds of my horse contracting rabies compared to the odds of my horse
suffering harm from the vaccine which stops me from vaccinating. I mean, it
is possible that I could die by falling out of my bed--yet if I slept on the
expressway to avoid the hazards of falling out of my bed, have I made a wise
tradeoff? In some situations vaccinating an animal may be the wiser
choice--but not in all, or even most. In my experience and opinion.
Trish & "pretty David"
"Ignorance is not NOT knowing, but knowing what isn't so." Mark Twain
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