--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > What are the best approaches to eradicating the disease? What are
> we not
> > doing?
>
> boy i am so glad you asked--- a 14 dollar vaccination. Thats all
> we
> need to do as animal owners toward eradicating this horrible
> disease
> that is 100% fatal and 100% eradicatable. But when Stali died of
> rabies, many people came out on these lists saying it was better
> not
> to vaccinate a horse too much and take your chances on something
> rare,
> that over vaccinating causes immune system problems. ?? thats
> just
> so freakin nutty and makes my blood boil frankly. I wouldnt wish
> it
> on my worst enemy, what I went thru, and for ANYONE to say its bad
> or
> wrong to do something so cheap and inexpensive to prevent such a
> devastating horrible thing, a thing so HORRIFYING to watch an
> animal
> suffer and die from... well, it just makes me want to thump em on
> their pointed little heads.
I can totally understand why you would feel that Janice, considering
what you have been through. The other side is getting all the
vaccinations at once, and the horse having a reaction to it, then
having issues, and dying. Or having a mild reaction where the shot
was injected and never having the swelling go down and they always
have a huge bump....I have known horses to die from getting their
vaccinations.....I have had puppies die personally from them. Its a
lot of poison and virus going into their systems all at once, and
some animals and people have a very adversed reaction. Really its a
crap shoot either way you go.
Skye
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