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Well, I had my 3 horses vaccined. Over a month
ago, they have both the first and boosters.
Why, I vaccined my horses from flu,
WEE EEE and VEE and rabies too.It helps me sleep at night. I have
had friends horses die from WEE and rabies. I look at the WNV as just one
more shot. It's not that I running scared of it, it just another thing out there
and if you can protect your horse from it, do it.
My daughter works at the local vet, and there
have been 2 cases within 2 miles of me. My daughter said a month ago the
vet said to get the vaccines early not to wait until it's in your area.
The horse needs time to build antibodies, and you need the booster.
I know the chances are slim that my horses would get it and only 1/2 the horses
die or have to be put down. But I decided the few bucks it costs is worth
it. If I lived in a western state I get it now and know when it hits my
state( and it will) your horses have the full benefit of the vaccine. It will
cost the same then or now. When it was first found in ND it was before Minnesota
or SD. Here we have lots of wildlife, birds ect. It spread fast! One week it was
at the red river valley and 5 days later it was mid state. People are just
running to the clinic to get the vaccine, by the time it has time to work the
bugs will be gone.
I did not go to the long X this weekend
not because of WNV but because some fool had a horse at the county 4-H fair last
month with strangles. And more horses have come down with it this week who
were there. I worry more about that then west nile,I could vaccined against it
but it's too late. Wish I had. No sign of it in them , but the other
horses were in the same row of stalls have. I just decided not to
take the chance that they could spread it. So I'm going riding in the turtle
mountains tomorrow. Away from other horses and whine!
We have to make judgments about our horses.
Tami ( whine )
Indeed( we're going where,
mountains?)
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