Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?

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lucky2 Reg. Oct 2008	Posted 2014-01-06 12:57 PM Subject: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 350	I never have vaccinated for strangles but just wondering if i should...i have a mare that will foal in spring and some other geldings they are all older and have never had it to my knowledge. Ive heard that sometimes they can have a bad reaction to the vaccine if theyve already built up their own immunity. Your thoughts?
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SaraJean Reg. Dec 2006	Posted 2014-01-06 1:01 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Northern Chocolate Queen Posts: 16576 Location: ND	I've never vaccinated for strangles & also never had it go through my barn.
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lhighquality Reg. Apr 2013	Posted 2014-01-06 1:15 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Elite Veteran Posts: 915 Location: SE KS	I didn't know there was a vaccine for Strangles?
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lucky2 Reg. Oct 2008	Posted 2014-01-06 1:20 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 350	ya you put it in their nostril...
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DD2012 Reg. Apr 2012	Posted 2014-01-06 1:23 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Expert Posts: 1488	I typically don't We are very careful about nose to nose contact and or sharing/public water buckets and what not. Have never had any problems with it
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cheryl makofka Reg. Jan 2011	Posted 2014-01-06 1:25 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
The Advice Guru Posts: 6419	My vet doesn't recommend it, as more horses die from the vaccine then from the disease.
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mtcanchazer Reg. Apr 2012	Posted 2014-01-06 1:45 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Total Germophobe Posts: 6443 Location: Montana	I don't, I've read too many bad side effects from it, and my horse isn't a youngster. My horse also isn't among other horses usually more than twice a month in the competition season, so I see no need.
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jeneric Reg. Sep 2010	Posted 2014-01-06 1:46 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Elite Veteran Posts: 770 Location: Kansas	My horses were never vaccinated for it until I started having to board them in 2010. They are 11, 17-ish, 21, and 27. (The 27 year old was put down last summer, but had been vaccinated in the spring.) I was told that the 17-ish year old had strangles as a youngster, but I don't know how old they meant by youngster. I've never had a problem with any of them.
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simply firewater Reg. May 2005	Posted 2014-01-06 1:48 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Elite Veteran Posts: 786 Location: Texas	We had a broodmare that got strangles at a big farm bring it home. We had vaccinated everything but it went through the whole barn anyway. I wouldn't bother with the vaccine.
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lucky2 Reg. Oct 2008	Posted 2014-01-06 2:14 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Extreme Veteran Posts: 350	thanks everyone....i was kinda of leaning against and now i definitely wont. Edited by lucky2 2014-01-06 2:17 PM
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Married2Rodeo Reg. Apr 2013	Posted 2014-01-06 4:42 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
Veteran Posts: 222 Location: Texas	We gave the intra nasal one to my horse when I was a kid. Then he developed a mild case of it after one of the vaccines. The vet (old cow vet) told me it wasn't strangles but an upper resp infection. Needless to say he was incorrect. After we got him over it we never gave it again. Many years and a ton of horses later we still don't give it and our current vet recommends against it. It's one vaccine we do not require when we have clients drop off horses.
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fulltiltfilly Reg. Dec 2008	Posted 2014-01-06 5:40 PM Subject: RE: Vaccinate for strangles?? or not?
I hate cooking and cleaning Posts: 3314 Location: Jersey Girl	I have always vaccinated for strangles for the last 20 years. My vet uses the IM and have never had a reaction. I was at a barn that strangles went thru on 2 different occasions and my horses were directly exposed and never got sick.
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