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Re: [RC] [RC] vaccinations - GoToryWe had about 20 horses vaccinated with the FD 5 way... after sharing all the RideCamp info with our vet.. Unfortunately, despite our efforts to find another manufacturer, all were sold out. The vet clinic who was the first in our area to return their supply to FD after having so many reactions gave me a price of $100 for me to buy ONE dose of Pfizer 3 way... no thanks!! Out of the 20 or so, about 3 had reactions that were significant enough to comment on. Despite our vet giving the 5 way in the pecs, these 3 were so stiff they could barely walk. All recovered uneventfully within a few days. About 2/3s of the 20 had fairly large fluid accumulations swinging from the injection site, a few got firm and warm, but no abcesses thus far. Have been led to believe that perhaps the "culprit" this year is the rhino... apparently in an effort to reduce the frequency with which that vaccine needed to be repeated- up to every 3 or 4 months for horses at risk due to show travel, etc, they made the vaccine several times stronger to theoretically last a year. I did not confirm this with Fort Dodge, so this is hearsay only, but makes sense to me. Next year I will plan to order my vaccines in January from another maufacturer. I really appreciate all the input on this topic from so many! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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