Poll
Summer Vaccinations
Does your summer activity level influence your equine influenza vaccination schedule?
Total votes cast: 366
Comments & Write-in Answers
The showing schedule factors in too--the "travelers" get more shots.
6/21/2010 4:14:00 PM
I did more when I traveled more doing endurance.
6/21/2010 10:19:07 AM
west nile vaccination =yes=
6/19/2010 8:09:17 AM
With 8 horses it is too hard to keep track if they are all on a different schedule
6/18/2010 2:29:18 PM
Influenza is administered spring and fall.
6/18/2010 11:18:49 AM
With a new vax, my "go" horses don't need vax as often!
6/17/2010 9:42:17 PM
I believe in wholehealth to promote a healthy immune system
6/17/2010 5:46:54 PM
I don't vaccinate for influenza
6/17/2010 4:53:51 PM
I vaccinate all consistantly
6/17/2010 4:50:00 PM
don't vaccinate for flu
6/17/2010 4:15:34 PM
don't vaccinate for flu at all.
6/17/2010 3:23:17 PM
twice a year
6/17/2010 3:12:03 PM
vaccinate close to vet coming out to do Coggins, which is needed for some events
6/17/2010 11:16:19 AM
I don't vaccinate for Influenza
6/17/2010 1:51:41 AM
ONLY if I'm out and about with a lot of new horses
6/17/2010 1:40:41 AM
we vaccinate twice a year unless there is a breakout issue
6/16/2010 11:05:43 PM
yes of course because u increase their exposure
6/16/2010 8:51:37 PM
shots i use are once a year shots. i give them in the summer
6/16/2010 5:57:38 PM
do not vaccinate in the summer
6/16/2010 4:04:39 PM
if any horses travel they all get flu rhino shots every 2-3 months
6/16/2010 9:17:52 AM
I am cutting back on vaccinations due to the reactions from the vaccines & the age of my herd.
6/16/2010 8:42:29 AM
Mine get their shots in April
6/16/2010 7:08:22 AM
We don't get out much to shows/events, otherwise I would.
6/16/2010 2:16:53 AM
Always vaccinate for EI. It is spreading around my large barn-might vaccinate three times this year
6/16/2010 1:44:47 AM
My horses get EVERYTHING in April, & they're good for a year.
6/15/2010 8:08:18 PM
My schedule takes care of my horses
6/15/2010 7:21:57 PM
vaccinate only those going to events. The stay at homes don't get flu/rhino.
6/15/2010 6:47:51 PM
I revaccinate the show horses in the fall if they will cntinue to show into the fall
6/15/2010 5:58:58 PM
SPRING VACCINES ONLY, NEVER IN FALL.
6/15/2010 5:20:25 PM
I live next to a boarding/training ranch, vaccinate for fear of exposure.
6/15/2010 4:58:50 PM
I don't vaccinate for flu
6/15/2010 4:41:32 PM
Vaccinate more often if I take my horse to an organized tail ride with other horses present
6/15/2010 4:25:54 PM
I alternate-intranasal in the fall, injection in the spring
6/15/2010 4:22:19 PM
I do not vaccinate for influenza
6/15/2010 4:21:34 PM
I always vaccinate in the late spring to be safe
6/15/2010 4:01:33 PM
I don't ever vaccinate for this one.
6/15/2010 3:57:34 PM
Yes, I start traveling end of March to the beginning of April, so they are done before we travel
6/15/2010 3:49:20 PM
I vacc. twice yearly, per my vet.s recomendations
6/15/2010 3:36:48 PM
I don't vaccinate for influenza, we don't travel much
6/15/2010 3:00:47 PM
when i am competing and traveling more, i increase vacs..
6/15/2010 1:22:34 PM
Why would I? No idea what this question means.
6/15/2010 12:20:55 PM
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This vaccine is basically useless, so I don't give it at all.
6/21/2010 8:44:45 PM