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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | I know there is info out there on how long vaccines are good for rather than giving them every year. My sister just called and said that there has been a supposed cases of equine encephalitis resulting in the horses death in the county where my horse is. Hes due next month for his yearly shots. I wasn't going to do all the yearlies, but I couldn't remember what vaccine lasted for how long and which he would need yearly. |
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| BleuIdGrl - 2014-08-01 2:37 PM
I know there is info out there on how long vaccines are good for rather than giving them every year. My sister just called and said that there has been a supposed cases of equine encephalitis resulting in the horses death in the county where my horse is. Hes due next month for his yearly shots. I wasn't going to do all the yearlies, but I couldn't remember what vaccine lasted for how long and which he would need yearly.
If your against vaccinating again you can have a blood drawn and a titter ran to ensure your horse still has all the antibodies he needs in his blood. |
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Bye-Bye Jiggle
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Location: Where ever there's sunshine! | astreakinchic - 2014-08-01 2:03 PM
BleuIdGrl - 2014-08-01 2:37 PM
I know there is info out there on how long vaccines are good for rather than giving them every year. My sister just called and said that there has been a supposed cases of equine encephalitis resulting in the horses death in the county where my horse is. Hes due next month for his yearly shots. I wasn't going to do all the yearlies, but I couldn't remember what vaccine lasted for how long and which he would need yearly.
If your against vaccinating again you can have a blood drawn and a titter ran to ensure your horse still has all the antibodies he needs in his blood.
I have calls in to two vets to see what it will cost. One directly told me they don't usually do them, but can just wasn't sure what it would cost. Well see what they come up with
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Location: Texas | Titers really aren't that helpful when it comes to vaccines. People will sure take your money to pull them, but there is no real evidence that shows what titer values are sufficient for each vaccine. They don't know what minimum titer you need to have to have protective antibody levels.
What they do know is that most vaccines lose their effectiveness within 10-14 months after giving it. They did this by vaccinating horses and then exposing them to the virus at time increments after the vaccines were given… it's how they establish the protocols.
I know there is a "no vaccine" movement but I just don't buy it. I believe in vaccinating humans, and I believe in vaccinating horses. Obviously, if you have an immunocompromised horse or an old horse, I would get by with the bare minimum… for example, in my area I would always to west nile and an EWVT because we get west nile virus every year here. I would skip everything else I could.
Also, if you are concerned about giving too many shots at once, you can give one or two every couple months until your horse is fully vaccinated instead of giving all at once.
ETA- I just wanted to add, my vet makes practically nothing off giving shots. So, it doesn't hurt his business much at all if he gives them or not. He doesn't make a lot of money off of vaccines. I trust that he's not a vaccine pusher to make money…he pushes them because he believes they work. and I do too.
Edited by casualdust07 2014-08-01 11:55 PM
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How long are vaccines good for??