How soon is it ok to ride my horse after his flu/tet booster?

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Just wondering as I normally don't see any difference in him after he is jabbed (he's 16) and was hoping to take him to do a DR test the day after he gets his jab done. Is this ok?
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Erm, about ten minutes?
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Always used to leave it 24hrs before doing anything but checked with vet last time and he said it was ok to ride gently pretty much straight away. Should be fine dressaging next day as long as you're not doing grand prix!!
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I wouldn't ride the next day - all of my vets through the years always told me to give a day off after vaccinations. The neck might be stiff, and I think there's something related to sweating too (better for the horse not to sweat, or something like that, though I don't know the rationale behind it).

Signature horse often gets very high temperature after injections, so he always has 3-4 days off. My young horse always seemed fine, he did his booster last week and we gave him 1 day off but when I tried to ride the following day he had the stiffest neck ever. Not good for dressage, I'd say
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We always give ours a week off to be on the safe side - one horse took very bad reaction and couldnt move his neck.


But if horse needed to be kept in work then you can work the horse as long as it dosent sweat!
 
Five minutes, although it is generally accepted that they should only work gently for 24 hours.
 
i was advised to give my horse 24-48 hours off or at least not to sweat in that time.
apparently it can cause cardiac arrest !!!
I was told to remember that the jabs do contain a live virus.
 
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I wouldn't ride the next day - all of my vets through the years always told me to give a day off after vaccinations. The neck might be stiff, and I think there's something related to sweating too (better for the horse not to sweat, or something like that, though I don't know the rationale behind it).

Signature horse often gets very high temperature after injections, so he always has 3-4 days off. My young horse always seemed fine, he did his booster last week and we gave him 1 day off but when I tried to ride the following day he had the stiffest neck ever. Not good for dressage, I'd say
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(unless you then want to use that as an excuse in case you get low scores
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Hi friends,

So now I have an excuse for low scores?!!
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Seriously, this is very interesting. I have one horse who always reacts with a huge stiff lump in the injection area, while I have another who is definitely 'below par' for a few days after, while my others appear to be totally normal.

Despite assurances from my vet that I can work a horse as normal after the vaccination, I still give them all a week off. (Vet says vaccines have improved, so horses don't need time off, but they still have the same details on the packet, from what I see. Maybe it's just that drug companies just say things so they can charge more?) (And having being accused of being cynical by someone blatently advertising new gadget, i'm a little sensitive, so don't attack me, just think about it, please)

Re the sweating thing, it's not something i've ever been told about, but it suggests that the horse's immune system reacts to the virus, temperature goes up as a result, therefore to further increase temperature by exercise could start to become a problem. I don't know, i'm not a vet, but maybe it's a question we could ask?

You know your horse best, muffinthemule ( great name!
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), good luck + all bests, BS x
 
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