Re: Reaction to Vaccine

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

This may sound weird but every spring and fall, my gelding will have a
brief reaction to something....don't know what.  First spring grass and
usually after our first really hard frost in the fall.  On him, his
throatlatch swells up for a couple of days.  I noticed our stallion was
sort of "stocked up" in the hind legs during this same period this past
week.  None of the other horses do this and there are no other changes in
feed or hay or major events (worming or vaccines) that I could attribute it
to.  Don't know if this helps but I have seen this before.  Someone
suggested to me that perhaps the frost somehow changes the composition of
the pasture and the "change" causes a disturbance with the digestive
system.  Don't know but thought I'd mention it and see if anyone else has
had this experience or anything similar.  The incident with my gelding has
been consistent since I got him back about 2 and 1/2 years ago.  Hmmmm...
Maggie

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> From: J Capaldi <hosp@mindspring.com>
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:  Reaction to Vaccine
> Date: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 8:05 PM
> 
> I have been debating for a couple of days on posting this message but it
> is so strange, I figured one of you can shed some light.  Living in the
> South, we vaccinate (4 way) twice a year and rabies once per year and
> influenza quarterly. Two geldings are on the same schedule, the other we
> aquired later and is different.  Well, the two had their annual last
> Thursday.  Didn't touch them until Monday.  Went to groom for possible
> ride and both hind legs on both geldings were swollen, really stocked
> up, from the pastern through the fetlock and into the tendons .  Hocks
> were clean.  The horse who hadn't been vaccinated was fine.
> 
> Figured it was either shots or some toxic plant, acorns, grass fungus,
> etc.called the vet and pulled them off pasture on to dry lot.  Vet said
> to Bute, hose and he would investigate.  One of my friends had the same
> thing happen to a mare a few years ago and it had something to do with
> the vaccine.
> 
> One gelding was really sore, everywhere, especially over the loins and
> croup.  Temp, P & R's were normal.  Bute improved him.  Today, they are
> better, but there is still some edema in the legs.  Vaccine was not Fort
> Dodge,  maybe Bayer??   I know this is not endurance related so please
> reply privately as not to clog the list.  Thanks.  Julie Capaldi,
> Pickens SC
> 
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