Vaccinations - any alternatives?

[popularfurball]

I think it is vaccinations that trigger silvers skin problems - she had them two weeks earlier this year - skin flared up two weeks earlier. Last two years have been October time - prior to that march time and we had horrendous problems with her skin in summer - yet since moving them to October - no problems in summer?

Considering scrapping them - however have a few nighles:

Is it irresponsible and putting others at risk? We are on a yard of 30+ horses with surrounding farms too. A horse has died from tetanus on the farm - but he was vaccinated too.

Is it wrong to say that if ahe had tetanus she would be PTS anyway as she has so many other problems I wouldn't put her through it?

If it made no difference I would restart her vaccs.*

Are there alternatives to vaccinating? I suspect not but worth asking.

(she has pemphigus, which when flared up results in massive oedemas, hives and her hair and skin falls off - also depression and rheumatoid arthritis - so not a little thing to be looking at stopping vaccs for.)

 

[Orangehorse]

I think you have just got to consider the whole picture, it sounds as though it does affect her.

Horses are very susceptible to tetanus and our local vets' practice say they have about 4 cases a year, but this is generally young stock that has never been vaccinated, either the owners never got round to it or they didn't realise.

Mine only have it every other year anyway. I don't know of any alternatives although someone might.