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Thanks, Heidi
I'll leave out the flu from now on.
Bette

heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > Now the flu-rhino I
> > give to foals and their dams every month stating at one month of age to
> > 6 months as this practice has completely eliminated the risk of foal
> > pneumonia up here--- it is very common up in Paso and I had 2 foals die
> > of it one year. I had a vet who had a theory that it was caused by
> > herpes (rhino) latent in the mare at birth and so we experimented by
> > giving the shots every month to both mare and foal--- never one sick
> > baby since, even though we were boarding horses at that time and there
> > were epidemics at other neighboring ranches during a few years.
> >    
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> Yikes!  The doc is likely right that it is the rhino causing the problem,
> not the flu.  But in fact, early vaccination for flu can greatly impair
> the youngster's ability to ever build immunity to flu--AAEP has some great
> studies about that, and last I checked, their recommendation is that
> influenza vaccination not be started until foals are at least 15 months of
> age.  Good vaccination of dams prior to foaling will give them passive
> immunity for awhile, and that is the best way to go to protect young
> horses from influenza.  Given the scenario you suggest, it makes sense to
> do the rhino vaccinations that way--but NOT the influenza!
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Bette Lamore
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