almrc
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...is it once every 2 years? And what about flu is that once a year or do you not bother with it?
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How often do you do the tetanus injection...
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nikki-lynne
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Flu is once a year tetanus is every 2 years
AdorableAlice
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Annual flu and bi yearly tet. Flu jabs have moved on alot from the old days, rarely any reactions now.
Plus, if you want to compete at a decent level you won't be able to get your horse onto the showground without his ticket being up to date.
Plus, if you want to compete at a decent level you won't be able to get your horse onto the showground without his ticket being up to date.
ameeyal
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I only tetnus every 2 years, no flu jabs for mine.
almrc
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Perfect thank you. Is the flu like the tetanus where if you miss it you need to re-start? If so if you miss the flu, by how far do you need to miss it to re-start is it a week or 2 weeks? I kind of think its only the tetanus that would need to be re-started not the flu but just wanted to check.
Also how impotant is the flu injection?
Also how impotant is the flu injection?
almrc
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What about local level sj and xc? Local pc/riding clubs only?
AdorableAlice
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Depends how well you know your vet !!
For me both jabs are crucial and have to be done on time, because I would not expect my vet, despite being lifelong friends, to risk her reputation by back dating a passport.
The cost of keeping up to date is a fraction of the cost of losing a horse to tetanus, which is an horrific and needless death.
Protection from the flu jab is important to me because my horses compete and travel a lot and are therefore exposed to disease. If a horse stays at home and does not mix they are at less risk.
I doubt your vet would back date so it would be better to make a note in your diary and get it done on time, and yes, if you miss the date you do start again.
For me both jabs are crucial and have to be done on time, because I would not expect my vet, despite being lifelong friends, to risk her reputation by back dating a passport.
The cost of keeping up to date is a fraction of the cost of losing a horse to tetanus, which is an horrific and needless death.
Protection from the flu jab is important to me because my horses compete and travel a lot and are therefore exposed to disease. If a horse stays at home and does not mix they are at less risk.
I doubt your vet would back date so it would be better to make a note in your diary and get it done on time, and yes, if you miss the date you do start again.
almrc
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The tetanus is fine, this is not due now until next year. The flu should have been done a week ago, oops! And I would never ask a vet to back date an injection! Just wondering whether to re-start the injections then, or just not bother with the flu injection at all? We go to some local comps thats all.
AdorableAlice
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Unless the schedule says your passport must be up to date, which is very very unlikely at that level, you will not need to have any vac's to compete.
However, you are taking your horse into the company of many other horses so, in my opinion for what it's worth, I would be ensuring his vac's are up to date.
If he picks up something at a show he won't be out again for a good while and you risk taking it back to your yard, which if you DIY or share with others, is unfair to the others.
almrc
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I don't DIY I rent my own fields but I do have 2 horses back home. Most people down here dont have the flu injection done at all. So hard to know what to do!
AdorableAlice
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There is no need to ask to back date. Just ring the surgery, be honest about missing the date and see what they say. If they know you do not compete at a level where the passport is looked at, they may well just jab him and not ask you to start the course again.
It's not the vet that has to worry about the passport not being valid at a competitive level, it is you. Give them a call they may well help you.
Paris1
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You are covered for 15months for flu..
AdorableAlice
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That is really interesting. Are you saying 15 months protection for the horse, before another jab is needed ?
I know a vac certificate that is out by one day over the 12 months for flu would see you turned away from the vet check on Hoys or a show on a racecourse.
Ibblebibble
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my vet won't let me go over by one day on the flu vacc but is more lenient on the tet vacc
Paris1
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Adorablealice, absolutely, this is what my vet told me. The jockey club rules are very strict and are not in line with the actual coverage the drug provides.
Paris1
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Be careful as the rules are by days not months. And throw a leap year in and fates can match but be over by a day in the rules.
Anyone know off hand the BD rules in flu vac? I don't think there was one. Not sure if its changed.
Anyone know off hand the BD rules in flu vac? I don't think there was one. Not sure if its changed.
almrc
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I just phoned my vet and explained my horse needed the flu injection on the 11th of April. She said we will need to restart...DOH!!! I asked about that they are covered for 15 months and she said this is not true and it only lasts for a year????? I need to restart.
Paris1
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Perhaps different vets like to compmy with the jockey club rules to save any confusion. I trust my vet implicitly.
spotty_pony
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Mine all have a Flu/Tetanus Vaccination yearly.
Paris1
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Oh, I comply with jockey club rules as I compete!
Minnies_Mum
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No vet worth their salt would do this- if you've got a vet that is happy to back date a passport, you need to wonder to youself what else they may not be doing by the book, in my opinion. Not good professional integrity.
Immunity is different in each individual, the flu vaccines "last" a year because that is what the drug companies found in their testing, but it's extremely unlikely that in every single horse the immunity wanes/"switches off" at midnight on the 365th day! The rules and the "can't go a day over" are Jockey Club rules, which most vets will adhere to, to save confusion.
Personally, if someone has gone over the year with a flu vacc, I give them the option-if they compete or are likely to in the future, I would advise restarting. If the horse is retired or just hacking I think it's perfectly OK to just give the booster. However, if the vaccine is more than a couple of months out of date, I would advise a restart course, as the immunity is likely to be affected by then, potentially putting the horse at risk.
Tetanus every 2 years for everything (although not necessarily to the day, that's just the flu). Tetanus lives in the soil and is a horrible disease, ALL horses are vulnerable to it if not vaccinated. Not worth the risk, in my opinion.