Equilis Strepe E

[BAILEY67]

Hi All,

I noticed in my horses passport that he had two innoculations of the above a month apart in 2005, i have googled and it appears to be a vaccination for Strangles, he would have been 2 at the time he was given the injections.

Does the fact he had these injections mean he had it or that he was given them as a preventative measure?

Thanks

 

[rambling]

My horse had these a few years ago they were at six monthly intervals if I remember correctly.
It was given in a scratch of the nasal mucous membrane .

It was heavily pushed by the Vet Pharma companies and especially by the BHS .

An English producer of ponies claimed that it gave their pony a full blown case of strangles and started an action, haven't heard a dicky bird about it since.
A bit poor of the BHS to allow themselves be used by the Drug companies like that I think.

 

[rambling]

Sorry memory very defective indeed .
Just checked Passport and on
10-10-2005 strep-equi i/nasal and also
11-11-2005 strep-equi i/nasal

Nothing after that . I think they withdrew it , will do a search and see what I can find.
My horse had these because we regularly visited a livery yard where all the horses had been innoculated he had never had Strangles or been anywhere near a yard with Strangles but there was a lot of hype about it at the time.

 

[Miss L Toe]

The vaccine was withdrawn and ha now been re-introduced, it might have been given if horse was competing

 

[rambling]

The vaccine was withdrawn and ha now been re-introduced, it might have been given if horse was competing

Thats very interesting , thank you .
Do you know if they gave any reassurances that it would be safe now ?

There doesn't seem to be the same pressure from the pharma companies to restart innoculations.

 

[Miss L Toe]

It was safe but became too attenuated to be effective, the new one is obviously better. Check around with local vets, the firm Schering-Plough are touring the country explaining uses and recommendations, basically you are at risk if you compete, if you are in a large yard with a moving population, buying horses from dealers, etc, it is recommended that all horses in the yard are vaccinated.........