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RE: [RC] Vaccines question - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVMHi Susan, Speaking of pulling titers..... Is that a difficult and/or expensive thing to do? What is involved? Is there a certain time when a titer should be pulled like one month after vaccination or 6 months after or is anytime sufficient? No, it's not difficult, but does involve a venous blood sample and submission to the lab via your vet. You need an account with the lab, so I don't think owners can submit directly. Based on what the lab charges, you could probably expect most vets to charge somewhere between maybe $90 - 150 for the test. You'd want to check titers a few (3-4) weeks after vaccination if you wanted to see if they had been effective in eliciting a protective immune response; or prior to vaccinating if your horse had previously been exposed to strangles, and you wanted to see if they already had high titers---which would mean they had already mounted an immune response to one extent or another; and might contraindicate vaccination if causing secondary purpura hemorrhagica is a reasonable possibility. Hope this helps. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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