Poll
Rabies Prevention
Does your horse receive an equine-specific or multi-species vaccine?
Total votes cast: 653
Comments & Write-in Answers
Given by vet, so I assume he is using equine-specific - I will ask next time
10/5/2009 12:31:28 PM
Wildlife is everywhere, bats are both in the city and countryside. What vet is so stupid ?
10/5/2009 11:58:13 AM
Imrab 3 by Merial
10/4/2009 2:36:46 PM
Why have these surveys become so boring? Enough with rabies!
10/4/2009 2:35:34 PM
My horses get both... equine specific and multi-species specific (rabies)
10/3/2009 11:47:50 PM
Vet saisd we don't need it! L.A. County!~
10/3/2009 4:00:07 PM
I stopped giving them the vaccine because they coliced all the time.They haven't coliced since.....
10/3/2009 8:35:57 AM
Switching to Equine next spring.
10/3/2009 3:40:56 AM
Vaccine by Merial
10/2/2009 11:57:27 PM
My horse get his rabies shot every year!
10/2/2009 12:08:15 AM
will receive Equirab next time
10/1/2009 11:40:44 PM
we worm with equimax but im not sure if we vaccinate with the same stuff
10/1/2009 10:05:26 PM
My vet will only vaccinate with equine specific vaccines.
10/1/2009 7:40:06 PM
I have a WONDERFUL vet (wish I could find a people doctor as good!)
10/1/2009 2:55:15 PM
Multi-species vaccine was all I could locate at this time.
10/1/2009 2:13:42 PM
6 in 1 shot
9/30/2009 9:28:35 PM
my horse has a rection to equine vaccine so receives canine
9/30/2009 2:51:44 PM
23 yr old gelding could avoid if titres were allowdd
9/30/2009 2:42:27 PM
Rabies isn't a problem here (Pac NW), and my three fellows don't travel.
9/30/2009 11:57:22 AM
once in the spring and in the fall
9/30/2009 11:15:48 AM
my vet administers it, so not sure which type
9/30/2009 11:00:25 AM
Now I'll have to ask my vet/
9/30/2009 10:45:23 AM
Rabvac
9/30/2009 10:11:36 AM
Rabisan is the vaccine used in Southern Africa for all species
9/29/2009 11:47:45 PM
He's a horse! not a ??????
9/29/2009 11:39:54 PM
We don't have equine rabies in our area.
9/29/2009 11:35:07 PM
Also recieves rabies -- has for 10+ years.
9/29/2009 11:12:12 PM
horse shots for horses, dog shots for dogs.
9/29/2009 10:21:28 PM
Equine Vet, I never thought to ask!
9/29/2009 10:03:24 PM
would prefer equine specific but my vet doesn't have any
9/29/2009 9:41:33 PM
Whatever the vet recomends
9/29/2009 9:24:50 PM
head shaking
9/29/2009 8:31:49 PM
my vet does it every spring to protect in the summer
9/29/2009 7:01:12 PM
rabid animals may wander through the pasture and leave rabies savila on the grazing area.
9/29/2009 6:40:25 PM
Horses get vac.when they get all the other shots they need
9/29/2009 6:38:12 PM
vet recommended against rabies vaccination
9/29/2009 6:21:38 PM
Very necessary vaccination.
9/29/2009 6:04:54 PM
I did vaccinate for rabies when I lived in a part of the country where rabies risk was higher.
9/29/2009 5:58:44 PM
I have vaccinated for rabies for years, so I use to use a multi-species way back when
9/29/2009 5:18:44 PM
with Rabies having to be given by a vet many folks just don't bother. Me included.
9/29/2009 4:41:44 PM
Good question - I'll ask next time!!
9/29/2009 4:37:04 PM
In 40 yrs of having horses have never vaccinated for rabies. It was never recommend to me before.
9/29/2009 4:35:03 PM
5 WAY YEARLY SHOTS
9/29/2009 4:33:14 PM
every year for years
9/29/2009 4:30:26 PM
all are vacinated for rabies plus other shots
9/29/2009 4:18:47 PM
African Horse Sickness & Rabies
9/29/2009 11:02:21 AM
vet vaccinates them, haven't asked if they were species specific
9/29/2009 9:56:07 AM
defindently equine specific
9/29/2009 7:42:15 AM
My vet uses ImRab 3, made by Merial
9/29/2009 5:40:04 AM
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