ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Strangles Question

Re: [endurance] Strangles Question

Eugenie (oogiem@dsrtweyr.com)
Wed, 8 Nov 95 12:23 PST

>There are Strangles vaccines, but IMHO, I do not
>have much faith in them... they can cause abscessation at the injection site,
>may not prevent the disease but should make it less severe if the horse still
>gets it, etc

Interesting, I have had some reactions to the earliest vaccines but none
with the newer ones. For me the cost of medicating an entire herd of
horses makes the cost of the vaccine very small indeed. ALl I need is to
get it in my herd and have everyone sick for me to have paid for the
vaccines for many years.

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