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Maybe one of our resident vets could correct me if I'm wrong, but
my understanding of the vaccines for viruses is that they lessen the symptoms
of the disease but they don't prevent it. If that is the case, then one really
must question the logic since once a horse is vaccinated, while it may not get
that sick, it is perfectly capable of infecting others while not showing the
signs of illness.
We don't have strangles vaccine and it is, for the
most part, simply considered a normal equine childhood disease. But at least
we are very sure who has it.
>>>Angie - I rode with Cade and Josie at
Skymont so I called my vet.
Angie, the incubation period is
3-12 days. 14 days after Skymont Cade finished the 50 at Hahira in 7th place
with a 44 pulse. I feel pretty confident he had not been exposed yet when he
got there. For all we know a vet may have had some residual spores on their
truck and handled it just before checking Cade's gums or something like
that. There's just no way to know but the math doesn't add up for him to
have had it or gotten it at Skymont.
P.S. Jody says 7 didn't get it
because he wouldn't let the vets check his damned gums!
