Does everyone get their horses annual jabs done?

IMO when you take on owning a horse you take on keeping it healthy and happy, and as said Tet is a horrid, horrific way to die and can be contracted from a kick, or a minor cut in the field. I wouldn't risk my horses just to save a few pounds. Especially when my two are an accident prone TB and a 3 y.o who takes fence smashing very seriously ;)
 
wellsat said:
Yes, I would imagine tetanus is a pretty horrid way to die. We're lucky in that our vet offers "zone visits" on one day a week they will do vaccinations for no call out charge so it works out at £32. The only downside is that you can't specify your time so you have to wait at home all day and shoot down to the yard when they call you.
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We get ours done on the zone visit too, or...I chuck them in the trailer and take them to evening surgery, just as easy for me.
 
Yes, mine is 32 and I only hack and sometimes take him to the beach, others compete on my yard so I always make sure he is covered
 
Yep, get them done for everything every year. I was surprised by one reply that said they don't get them done for flu as they don't compete. You don't get something vaccinated just because you compete, you get them vaccinated to protect them! There was a serious flu outbreak near me some years ago and it wasn't nice . . . . . and many years ago I saw a horse die of tetanus (that was in the days before routine vaccs) and that was horrible.
Yes, it is expensive (my bill in May for one horse was just over £75 :eek:) but most insurance policies also require the horse to be vaccinated . . . .
 
Tetanus only, bi-annually.
I did have to be very firm with the receptionist and vet when booking in the new horse for her tet to be administered in with a visit to a different horse. But this practice is renowned for being as expensive as they can get away with. The 2nd jab will put her into the same cycle as the others.
 
Mine are tet vacc'ed, but not flu. Don't compete and rent my own land, so just do tet every 3 years. Vet wasn't concerned when he did it last and my small animal vet was in agreement with the supposition of 'life-time immunity' after three vaccinations (I think it was!). Chloe would have had three, but I'll still get her done next year.
 
I decided to only get my mare's tetanus done every other year when she was kept on a small private yard and none of the horses ever went out competing But then I had to move her to a livery yard and ended up costing me more money because I had to start from scratch with her flu again which is 3 injections in a year so I will always get them done yearly j
 
Yes all up to date, has to be for competing.

There's a yard local to use that has started the "zone visits" or whatever they are called so no call out fee, we'll start using this when her vaccinations are due in September.
 
yes all mine are vaccinated, whether they go out and compete or stay at home. Its not that expensive imo, that id want to risk any of them to save a bit of cash, and Id probably worry about the competing horses bringing germs home with them and contaminating the non vaccinated horses otherwise. I have them done in 2 batches so its more managable and I dont have a big bill once a year, one lot are done in summer, the others in winter.
 
The only horses on my yard who are up to date are those who compete internationally and those who compete in a team (only because they have to) The reasoning is because if a horse cuts itself the first thing the vet does is give them a tetanus injection and the owners think that the annual jabs are a waste of money unless required to compete
 
Yep mine gets flu+tet every year, my mare just got done an hour ago!! Il probably get hers done every 6 months as our yard has 2 comps on every week including SJAI so with the amount of horses coming and going every week I think it would be better for her.
 
Yes. I am hoping to compete more so I want her up to date.
Plus its only a once a year expense so I know its coming I put money aside :)
I'd really be distraught if she caught something that could be avoided with jabs!
 
I have tet annually for my retired horse, even though my mother who's a retired bacteriologist tells me it is not necessary for the older horses to have it annually. (I just worry because my currently retired TB is still an injury prone fool and always cutting himself). I've never given my retired horses flu though. In nearly 30 years none of my horses has ever had a virus or flu.

Obviously the horses who I ride, compete and take out have flu & tet annually.
 
the big girl competes regulalry & brutally, her vacs cost 34 quid last year - less than 4 quid a month - its pennies compared to the other costs of horse ownership - even if she was totally retired & never left her field, there are enough horses coming & going on her livery yard to mean that she will always be jabbed
 
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