Re: vaccinations

["Dorothy Beebe" <dbeebe@plumas.ca.us>]

Oh, no, not another topic about "shots."  Just kidding!

Actually, I'm interested to hear what Heidi does too and what she
recommends.  In the past, my horses have gotten 4-ways and a rabies shot.
One of the horses (he's percheron/mustang) always gets a stiff neck--so
stiff that we actually have to hold his hay up for him.

This year I only want to vaccinate for whatever is necessary and I'm
thinking of doing one vaccine a month--rather than a 4-way.

dorothy & elly (no shots, mom, please!!)
taylorsville, ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 2:52 PM
Subject: vaccinations


>I had a scare with our pony this weekend that made me realize you really
>need to plan ahead.
>
>I gave all the horses their vaccinations for sleeping sickness, tetanus,
>flu and rhino. Star and Cisco were fine. Honey developed a stiff neck, so
>bad that this normaly sweet, tractable mare, became a nightmare. She reared
>and fought to keep us from touching her, she was so sensitive. She has
>NEVER behaved like this before, always being kind and usually reasonable.
>So I knew she was in a lot of pain.
>
>It has been 4 days, and she is getting back to normal now, but it made me
>think -- if it had been Star who had this reaction, I might not be able to
>do the Cougar Prowl this weekend!
>
>Lesson from the newly wise -- give your horse ample time between
>vaccinations and competition!
>
>BTW, I got this vaccine from the vets I don't always use for horses. I
>called the horse vet out for a chiro adjustment on STar today and he said
>he recommends not giving flu adn rhino shots because they do cause a lot of
>reactions and he said he can't justify their expense for the amount of
>protection they offer.
>
>What do you think Heidi??
>
>chris paus & equines
>
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