tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post8737794701879921724..comments2023-09-28T03:58:20.819-05:00Comments on Green Slobber: My poor baby!Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283334035989645291noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-88454874080173788042009-05-12T21:58:00.000-05:002009-05-12T21:58:00.000-05:00Oh Gabe!
Wa had a reaction to her West Nile this t...Oh Gabe!<br />Wa had a reaction to her West Nile this time...I only give one at a time myself and a puncture wound homeopathy too. She would not eat hay(grain still, ya)and only drank a few inches of her water barrel compared to half a night...<br />Now that I am not in the large boarding barn with all sorts of horses breing trailered in...I am cutting back with the vets permission. They really have scaled back and don't recommend some for this area even. Rabies-nope.<br />Horse Journal has a good article this mo on the subject and I like the vet that wrote it. She brought up some good info on some changing requirements.<br />So glad he is better...really good advise from momvet!<br />Kacallhorsestuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05301081722884351021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-25050833469395371812009-05-09T09:30:00.000-05:002009-05-09T09:30:00.000-05:00Hi Jen, it's been a while since I visited here; I'...Hi Jen, it's been a while since I visited here; I'm delighted to see that you're making good progress with Gabe (pics, please!)<br />I prefer not to vaccinate, but since I'm around other horses, I give the West Nile Innovater shot which combines a 3 way with west nile. Rabies isn't an issue here, but since I'm moving to an area that has racoons, I'll probably have to give that shot this year.<br />I think that the drug companies are more interested in getting a cash flow from us than they are about the heealth of our horses; if a vaccine protects for a few years, they aren't about to tell us.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454110560303310751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-998011617903595912009-05-06T11:36:00.000-05:002009-05-06T11:36:00.000-05:00Depends on the particular disease and vaccine. Te...Depends on the particular disease and vaccine. Tetanus vaccines provides protection to humans for 10 years. The tetanus vax for horses only lasts 5 years. Just depends on that species immune system!<br /><br />If you really keep a closed herd and don't show, you can drop some vaccines. I would never personally drop rabies - endemic to a lot of animals that horses can encounter in the pasture or stall, and 100% fatal to horses and humans. It's just not worth the risk to me.<br /><br />I know you can run blood tests to check the level of antibodies in dogs, to determine if the dog really needs a booster that year. You might be able to do the same for horses - ask your mom about rabies titers for Gabe next year.Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-86197606189440520082009-05-06T05:45:00.000-05:002009-05-06T05:45:00.000-05:00Poco had a reaction 2 years ago. He was pathetic f...Poco had a reaction 2 years ago. He was pathetic for most of a weekend. I actually liked it because it was the first time the big galoot came to me and put that big ole jug head in my arms. Jaz picked on him, too.Leah Fryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158981037468411293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-91295570872239296222009-05-05T16:24:00.000-05:002009-05-05T16:24:00.000-05:00Seems like I read somewhere how long each of the t...Seems like I read somewhere how long each of the things in the 5-way vaccination actually last. Some of them were only good for 2-3 months. I don't think any of them kept a horse vaccinated for even a full year? There sure is a lot of bad stuff in those shots.Albigearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705231641878762167noreply@blogger.com