Day of vaccination

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Do you give your horse a day off on the day he/she is vaccinated? I have had to re-start my boy (not my doing!) and for the first injection the vet said he would be fine to ride immediately afterwards; I had the second injection today and the vet (same practice, different vet) said she would give him the day off.

Just curious what people generally do

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

I ride a couple of hours before vaccination, taking care not to get too hot and sweaty.
Gentle walking for a good half hour to hour next day, then resume as usual

 

[milliepops]

As TFF I'd ride beforehand and then an easy day or rest day on the day after.

 

[{97702}]

Hmmmph missed a trick by not riding before.... bother

 

[mynutmeg]

mine also has her teeth done with sedation that day so don't ride

 

[w1bbler]

I usually ride first ☺ But when I worked at an rs, the horses would literally be dragged out of a lesson, jabbed & go back in, next one dragged out etc. Never had any adverse reactions.

 

[MuddyTB]

My vet said it was fine to ride after as long as you're not doing lots of fast work and getting them sweaty.

 

[Birker2020]

From vet website -The vaccines that are used today are not live vaccines as they have been in years gone by so there is no reason why you can’t ride your horse the same day. Normally we suggest light work without getting them too sweated up. Vaccine reactions are rare these days and, if occur, are usually confined to a soft tissue swelling where the injection was administered.

 

[PorkChop]

I ride as normal, though I wouldn't work them super hard, ie avoid them sweating or blowing alot.

 

[GirlFriday]

In human children vaccines (possibly specifically live ones?) have been shown to be more effective if the child sleeps immediately after (e.g before afternoon nap/bed) as the child makes more antibodies then.

On the same theory I'd give some time off. Not becasue the horse can't cope, but becasue no vaccine is 100% effective and at the end of the day you are having ti to keep the horse healthy, so, anything that helps with that...

 

[OldNag]

I always give the next day off.