When should I give my horse its annual shots?

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   May 15th, 2007 at 3:05 am  

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   If your filly hasn’t had WNV (west nile virus) or EWT (eastern & western encephalitis with tetanus) vaccines before you will want her fully protected prior to the start of mosquito season – this will mean she will need a series of two vaccines 3-4 weeks apart before spring. In many areas that would mean get her 1st vaccines now – booster in March and she will be protected for mosquito season. EEE/WEE and WNV are all transmitted by mosquitoes this is the reason for this suggestion.

   Depending on your area rabies may also be indicated, flu/rhino depending on her exposure to other horses. Check with your vet.

   p.s. Horses aren’t usually vaccinated for distemper? Is it possible she got some other kind of vaccination already?

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   May 18th, 2007 at 8:50 am  

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   We always try to to give our horses their shots in early spring – before the mosquitoes and other biting insects come out. I usually schedule my vet appointment in March.

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   May 21st, 2007 at 10:04 am  

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   You don’t say where you are located but I wouldn’t wait. It takes several weeks for the shots to be effective and since your yearling has not had these shots, you’ll be doing boosters in two to three weeks. My vet staggers the doses and types so the weanlings system is not being “overloaded”.
   Also, we can get a warm spell anytime and it doesn’t take that long for the mosquitos to hatch! I’d call your vet and get her scheduled.

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   May 23rd, 2007 at 9:03 pm  

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   we do shots first of april.

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   May 24th, 2007 at 3:04 pm  

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   Tammy M hit it right on the money. Good advice and she was probably vac. for strangles instead of distemper.

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   May 26th, 2007 at 4:48 pm  

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   I vaccinate my horses in March. I do tetanus, encephalitis and sleeping sickness. I did West Nile for a couple of years, but West Nile has dropped off where i live so I didn’t last year. If your horse is traveling and around other horses, you should do flu/rhino.

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   May 28th, 2007 at 11:43 pm  

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   We do March…before the skeeters start hatching.

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   May 31st, 2007 at 2:33 am  

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   we live in a heavy mosquito area. I vaccinate every March & Sept with VWET & WestNile. Rhino (3 if they are pregant at 5-7-9 months gestation)..and Dec if they are not (we have mild winters)…Coggins every Feb for show season…
   Worm Jan1 & 21
   April 1 & 21
   July 1 & 21
   Oct 1 & 21
   Fecal floats show NO worms…

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   May 31st, 2007 at 1:04 pm  

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   Good question. I would ask your vet’s advice on this more than Yahoo Answers.
   All innoculations have a maximum length of time they work. It might sound good to give the shots early, but you want to make sure that the protection they offer is still there when the peak onset of the problem is.
   Take West Nile, for example. Yes, mosquitos appear very early in the season (It will vary where you live and the local weather, a warm spell earlier than normal will obviously give you mosquitos earlier than normal) But consider this. The types of mosquitos that seem to carry West Nile are not generally early spring mosquitos, but instead the smaller ones that you see later in the summer, often around August. This is why I suggest you ask your vet, who can tell you what the peak time of West Nile is, and advice you when to give your shots. If you give your West Nile in March, your horse will probably have less than ideal protection five or six months later when the risk is actually highest. (Some innoculations have a year’s benefit, but many do not) Don’t forget, many vets recommend TWO West Nile shots a year if the season is long, if you want to avoid that you’re going to need to be well informed on when your horse is at risk.
   Also, I would consider when you will start hauling your horse as that is the time he’s at increased risk for rhino/flu and give the shots well before that so he has peak resistence, but not so far ahead that the benefit will be gone by the end of the show season. This is only true for people who keep their own horses at home, like me. The only time I’m at risk for horsey germs is when I haul my horses to shows, the trainer, or the vet, otherwise I have a closed enviroment at home and my horses will not be picking up the flu/rhino here!
   Since your horse is a weanling (I’m guessing actually a yearling at this time of the year, not a new baby!) she will probably need her initial shots and then her booster. Due to that I would probably start her shots earlier in the spring than I would for a mature horse. So when you talk to your vet, get info for what to do specifically with a yearling, and then also pick his brain about what to do with this horse next year, it may be slightly different.
   Good luck and I hope you continue to have a healthy horse!

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