Re: vaccinations

[Chris Paus <paus@micoks.net>]

My vets here suggest not bothering with the rabies shot. 

chris

At 03:22 PM 3/4/98 -0800, Dorothy Beebe wrote:
>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.
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>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.
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>dorothy & elly (no shots, mom, please!!)
>taylorsville, ca
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>-----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
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>>I had a scare with our pony this weekend that made me realize you really
>>need to plan ahead.
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>>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.
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>>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!
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>>Lesson from the newly wise -- give your horse ample time between
>>vaccinations and competition!
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>>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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