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A Cool Sharp One
   
| Has anyone else had a horse wait until they are 5-6 to have a reaction to immunizations?
Last year my filly received her 6 in 1 and she became stiff and a lump on her neck; this past Thursday she had her coggins pulled and her 6 in 1 shot and she is stiff, has a lump on her neck again - wondering what in there she could all of a sudden become allergic to? |
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| My vet won’t use a 6-1. She gives 3 different shots, different locations. My 5 year old always has a reaction to tetanus. Lump and sore. She just gives him a dose of banamine along with shots. His lump from tetanus last year lasted a good 2 weeks. I’m rethinking for this spring.
And why do horses need tetanus every year but humans it’s 10???? Lol
Edited by FLITASTIC 2019-01-07 7:44 AM
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| I'm not exactly sure what combo my vet uses, if it's a 4 way or 5 way. I don't think it's the 6 way. (Been since Feb last year, I'd have to look.) We also give potomac and rabies.
Mine ALWAYS have some sort of reaction, usually a sore neck. We have started splitting them up by a week or so and give shots on both sides of the neck. It helps keep the soreness to a medium (not miniumum!).
I've seen quite a few anti-vax people and their stories about never giving anything. 1/2 of me wants to beleive that a horse's immune system can take care of itself like ours does, and then the other 1/2 wants to be Safe rather than Sorry. Especially with things like Potomac, EHV, Rabies, and most definitely Tetanus. All are terrible, terrible things. |
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Miss Laundry Misshap
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| FLITASTIC - 2019-01-07 7:42 AM My vet won’t use a 6-1. She gives 3 different shots, different locations. My 5 year old always has a reaction to tetanus. Lump and sore. She just gives him a dose of banamine along with shots. His lump from tetanus last year lasted a good 2 weeks. I’m rethinking for this spring. And why do horses need tetanus every year but humans it’s 10???? Lol
Because horses tend to get themselves into trouble in a padded room. And if you'd seen tetanus in a horse, you'd never think twice about giving the vaccine. |
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A Cool Sharp One
| Well vet said next year she will get bute before the shot and afterwards and not give to her in the neck - don't want to go the non-vaccine route because here in Fl we do have lots of bugs and have known a couple of horses die from west nile here. I have a 3yr old colt and going to just give him the 3 way |
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A Cool Sharp One
| today has been a week since her shot and she is still acting like she doesn't feel well, wonder if the banamine could have given her an upset stomach? |
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| I would contact your vet to have her looked at. If its been a week already, I'd be afraid of something else being wrong. I can understand her being sore, but not acting like she is sick. |
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| 3 major manufacturers of equine vaccines: Zoetis, Merck, Boehringer Ingelheim. They all have different adjuvants. Some horses have reactions because of the adjuvants. If you get reactions, ask your vet about changing brands on that particular horse.
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Location: Texas | I would probably change brands, and maybe give banamine at the same time next time.
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