Should he be prevented from sweating after a vaccination?

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My horse is having his annual jabs tomorrow, I’ve got a lesson in the evening and then a dressage test the next day, plus some new horses are going out next door to him tomorrow which will make him hoon about a bit. Should I try and minimise his sweating for a period of time after he’s had the jab? I never know and some on my yard don't even ride for 48 hrs after a jab while others carry on as normal. What are everyones thoughts? I've been carrying on as normal for years and never really given it much thought but someone freaked out yesterday when I told them I had jab, lesson and competition in 24hrs.

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I think it does depend on what vaccine is given but I do recall my vet saying avoid them getting sweaty for 24hrs after vaccination.
 
That confusses me to!!! I rode my horse normally the same day he got his jab last year and when i was done my friend said oh your not suppose to ride for 48 hrs!!! Then someone said you can ride just not sweat them up!! My boy never sweated anyway no matter what you were doing. Didnt harm him!! But just to be on the safe side this year i rode before the jab lol :D
 
My vets advise no work on the day of the flu/tet or for the next 2 days. I would have thought a short hack in walk would be ok but I wouldn't have a lesson and attend a competition so close to the immunisation.
 
I personally wuldn;t as I know how I feel after having a flu jab - at best a very heavy achey arm and at worst decidedly under the weather!!

I definately wouldn't plan a lesson and competition on the day and the day after.
 
I had a conversation with this about my vet about 18 months ago. I was taught as a kid that you do no hard work with a horse for 48 hours after a flu and tet jab, but had discovered that some people carry on as normal with no ill effects.

Vet said that firstly vaccines are better and safer than they used to be, and secondly that effects can vary from horse to horse. Some horses will feel a bit unwell and it's kinder to rest them or just go out for a walk, others feel fine. From what I understand nothing horrible will happen if you work them, but if the horse does feel unwell it would be kinder to let them have a day or two to recover.

OP, I would speak to your vet and ask for his / her opinion, but if your horse seems bright and happy to work then I expect he's okay.
 
My vet told me that in the older days the type of vacination they used meant it was recommended that you avoid getting the horse to sweat up 24 to 48 hours and this helped prevent an adverse effect from the vacs occuring. This is where this idea has come from but these days with advances in the type of vacs used it is not as important to do that anymore. My vet still recommends 12 hours and my horse is a bit of woose and I can tell she is not quite herself after her vacs so wouldn't ask her to work on top of that. Personally even with any horse I wouldn't be having a lesson on the same day as their vacs.
 
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Most vaccination companies do recommend that you keep to gentle exercise (i.e. without sweating up) for up to three days after the jab, I know that Proteq jabs (Merial) we use currently and apparently they don't worry about it.

Personally, I don't think it's the end of the world but with two caveats.
1) I get stiff in the muscle after a jab - so I'd appreciate my trainer taking it easy on me for a few days ;)
2) the drug complany will not be liable if your horse has a vaccination following hunting the day of the jab....:rolleyes:

I advise common sense.

Imogen
 
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