What do you do when you vaccinate your horse? When to vaccinate horses deliberately exposing a portion of an organism causing the disease or exposure to disease-causing organism, such as bacteria or virus of a disease. This is done in a very small dose. We do this in order to provoke an immune response in the horse that the horse is expected to protect the future of that particular disease. Generally, this is how vaccines work.
Is a100% guarantee that the horse never develop the disease? No. But if a horse contracts the disease who were vaccinated against is usually a clearer case without vaccination. Chances of recovery are much higher with the vaccine than without it. Vaccines should also be stored, handled and administered. Not doing so may impair the effectiveness of the vaccine.
Here are some of the diseases they vaccinate horses for:
Tetanus (Lockjaw): Tetanus occurs when a specific bacterium enters a horse like a deep wound. Such as tetanus, grows and produces a toxin attacks the nervous system of horses. Tetanus is fatal.
Encephalitis: Horses can be attacked by three types of encephalitis, Eastern, Western and Venezuela. Mosquitoes are carriers of this virus. Horses are infected by the bite of infected mosquitoes (usually found in the states near the border with Mexico). Encephalitis infects the brain of horses. If they survive may have permanent defects as a result. Encephalitis is potentially fatal.
Rabies: It infects the nervous system with a fatal infection. Rabies is caused by a bite from an infected animal (such as bats, raccoons or skunks). Rabies was not diagnosed in a horse during a period of time, and can actually transmit the infection to humans. This can occur through contact with bodily fluids skin (a cut on the hand).
Potomac horse fever: Generally limited to certain specific geographical areas (along the Potomac River) and in temperate areas and near rivers. This disease is characterized by depression, fever, diarrhea and founder. Ask your veterinarian or local extension agent for advice in your area.
rotavirus diarrhea: cause cuts, diarrhea potentially life-threatening in young foals. Rotavirus appears is kept by the mother (or passably another horse). The horses pass the virus can not develop problems, but simply pass it on. Pregnant mares can be vaccinated then pass antibodies to their offspring in the first milk (colostrum). Ask your veterinarian about the availability of this vaccine.
Influenza: This shows how severe cold symptoms and high fever as a risk for developing bacterial pneumonia. There can be periods when the virus mutates, causing epidemics to break. Vaccines are not completely effective in preventing the disease since the virus can mutate easily. The vaccine can still reduce the severity of symptoms. Horses that are at higher risk for influenza are very old, very young horses under stress, travel horses, and riding in the box, where there is horse traffic.
Botulism: This is caused by the toxin of a bacterium related to that cause tetanus. Horses are very sensitive to it and many may die from this disease or complications from the disease. If this disease is contracted, treatment can be expensive.
Rhinopneumonitis: Also known as the "Rhinoceros." This disease is the "common cold." The rhino virus can invade the paralysis of horses that causes the nervous system, and can also cause abortion. Like the flu, the risk factors are the same. Every two months throughout pregnancy mares should be vaccinated.
Strangles: not done routinely strangles vaccination is recommended for horses at high risk of exposure. The risk of side effects of intramuscular vaccine can be up to 30% of the vaccine. This can include fever, loss of appetite, local swelling, muscle stiffness and abscesses at the site of vaccination. The vaccines usually provide reliable protection of critical illness, but only for a few months. Does not prevent the disease altogether. Unless there is known contamination on site, shipping horses often or a lot of traffic in and out of the farm, due to side effects and the limited time that is effective, it must weigh the benefits of mumps vaccination status or not. That said, there is one type of vaccine that drowns a spray in the nose of the horse. intranasal vaccine has a low incidence of side effects. The protection is more or less the same. It is unclear whether the intranasal vaccine for pregnant mares receive the necessary antibodies in the blood (the protection of breeding with colostrum). It would be advisable to use the vaccine intramuscularly with mares around foaling.
West Nile: This virus has caused many deaths in horses in recent years in the United States. It is transmitted by infected mosquitoes. This virus infects the central nervous system and causes symptoms of encephalitis. The signs of encephalitis in horses include loss of appetite and depression, as well as any combination of the following symptoms - fever, weakness or paralysis of hind limbs, mouth twitching, impaired vision, incoordination, head pressing, aimless wandering , convulsions, inability to swallow, circling, hyperexcitability, or coma. It is recommended to vaccinate for this disease, but avoid vaccinating pregnant mares in late pregnancy. If you have a pregnant mare, consult your veterinarian for a better time for your vaccinations for your area.
What diseases should vaccinate your horse? That depends. You, on the advice of your veterinarian or local extension office will have to make that decision. Getting the best, updated information from these sources will help you choose wisely.
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