i do what Laree does but west Nile one more time (we have longer
summers, way longer) and rhino/flu to my horses that leave the
property. I do strangles if there is an outbreak only, and my vet
always tells people when there is an outbreak and I always buy---this
is verrrrrrryyyyyyy important--- my rabies and west nile from the
vet. Why? because I want a RECORD. When my rescue horse died of
rabies, by law, the rest of my horses could have been quarantined at
MY expense for up to TWO years because I had no shot records. And
west nile is another disease where the health dept is gonna end up on
your door step. I imagine enceph too? But I'm not sure. I just know
when my horse showed symptoms of a neurologic illness they said if he
died they would need to have his brain to send off.
Also, if you give shots yourself, save the wrappers and mark which you
gave to each horse, so if there is a reaction you will have the info.
I have two horses that have reactions to things so I give them their
shots in single doses. also my icelandics so as to not overstimulate
the immune sys I give them single doses two weeks apart. My McCurdy
horse seemed to actually HAVE encephalitis when I gave him a five in
one shot years ago, and it got down to the third day of not eating and
hanging listlessly and he was just about to have to go in and be put
on an IV when he finally started coming around. And he is a small
gene pool horse breed as are icelandics.
Janice
--
even good horses have bad days sometimes.
