Bit of a follow on from Christiamas's vaccine post...

[gemmaw]

... how do you all feel regarding vaccine for flu in horses?? I know that if you compete a lot and have contact with other horses it can be a good idea but i have been speaking to my friend who is a vet for the maf and he doesnt do his because they dont have that much contact with others??? what do you recon????

 

[FMM]

Half the shows we go to (plus most of the riding club ones) will not let you enter with out a current vaccination certificate.

 

[gemmaw]

i should have mentioned that if you dont compete, i just hack my horses out, no contact with any other horses

 

[kerilli]

i don't vaccinate against flu until they start affiliated comps, and then i have to. i don't like the vaccs at all - they only protect against certain strains (sod's law, never the one going around at the time) and they can very occasionally make horses very ill... had a nice horse vacc'd once and we nearly lost him from it, vet had to come back out every day for a week, horse spent most of that time on the floor convinced it was dying. not impressed.
anti-tet is vital, but not flu, imho.

 

[Tempi]

you have to have it for affliated comps and riding club ones - they check your vaccines are upto date.....

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

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if you compete a lot and have contact with other horses it can be a good idea

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It's not just a good idea....it's mandatory if you are competing at affiliated competitions.

 

[parsley]

When I got a horse just for hacking the vet said that you could do without flu vaccine if you were prepared for a nasty but non-fatal illness but that you shouldn't be without a tetnus vaccine as it is generally fatal

 

[parsley]

the non- affiliated competitions I go to require up to date flu vaccines as well as the affilliated ones

 

[Dogbetty141]

Is flu in the annual vacination thingy? Not really sure my gg has one anual one! infact he has just had it!

 

[JACQSZOO]

When I rented a paddock and kept my horses on their own I didnt vaccinate for flu - we only hacked so there was very little risk. As soon as I moved them to a livery yard though I had them vaccinated against flu. Tet I have always vaccinated against and always will.

 

[Honeypots]

I don't flu jab mine...just tet

 

[hadfos]

I stopped flu jabbing mine,then realised it was only few pound more expensive than the tetanus on its own,so started up again!!!Only thing gets up my nose is you pay all that money for a tetanus shot then when your vet comes out to any cuts etc they give them another????why????

 

[ThomasTank]

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I stopped flu jabbing mine,then realised it was only few pound more expensive than the tetanus on its own,so started up again!!!Only thing gets up my nose is you pay all that money for a tetanus shot then when your vet comes out to any cuts etc they give them another????why????

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Exactly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[hadfos]

Pleased someone agrees,lol,thought i was going mad and the vet just liked ripping me off!!!When we have atetanus shot and then suffer an injury,we are asked when the last one was and if it was within 10 yrs we do not get "an extra shot to be safe",even if we have ripped half of our flesh off on a rusty nail!!!(i know this as the last nasty cut i had i told them what work i was doing and they DO not like to o.d you on tetanus)Has anyone got any answers to this???Horses been in dirt all day long not feasable(sp

)as so am i,lol,picking his sh-te up!!

 

[hadfos]

And apparently horse poo is the worst for contracting tetanus!!!(humans)!!Friend got told that when she got taken into hospital!!

 

[Tia]

My vet suggested not having mine vaccinated against flu along with a number of other conditions, so I don't. I only vaccinate for sure-fire killer conditions; rabies and tetanus; again on the advice of my vet and my own personal research.