Re: Strangles

["Cora" <bandc@teknett.com>]

I have a younster(3) whom has had strangles at approx. 1 yr. of age...was
informed he did not need the vaccine as he should be immune..am I wrong in
accepting this?...Cora
----- Original Message -----
From: <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
To: <Dbeverly4@aol.com>; <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: RC: Strangles


> In a message dated Fri, 4 May 2001  8:56:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Dbeverly4@aol.com writes:
>
> <<
> Well, sadly, Strangles definitely is fatal sometimes. A friend of mine
just
> lost her 17 year old mare to strangles a couple of weeks ago. The mare was
> in fine health, got strangles, died. Very sad outcome. Also, just because
> your horse has had Strangles does not mean that he is immune for life. My
> Paint gelding had Strangles twice in his life once as a 3 year old and
once
> as a 20 year old <snip> Also, (I could have this wrong) but I was under
the
> impression that the vaccine was only 25% effective -- anybody have other
data?  >>
>
> Sylvia, you are painfully correct that strangles IS sometimes fatal, and
also that recovered horses do NOT have lifetime immunity!  It is not at all
uncommon for a recovered horse to have strangles again a few years later.
>
> As for the efficacy of the vaccines--there is quite a range on the
injectables, with some of the old original ones being as low as you mention,
but the newer ones more in the range of 80-85% efficacious.  The new
intranasal approaches 95% efficacy.  In both cases, vaccinated horses who DO
still contract strangles tend to have very mild cases.
>
> Heidi
>
>
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