Poll
Too Close for Comfort
Have you (or someone you know) ever had a horse contract West Nile virus?
Total votes cast: 211
Comments & Write-in Answers
2 mares that fully recovered. Had been vaccinated in Spring. Changed to also a late summer vaccinati
10/29/2012 2:10:32 PM
2002 8 yr old tb gelding 2003 18 yr old tb mare, texas
10/28/2012 11:02:09 AM
One of my aunt's horses went temporarily blind. Wasn't vaccinated.
10/26/2012 8:39:21 AM
During the first outbreak I had two mares with failure of immunity even when vaccinated
10/25/2012 11:56:14 PM
Unvaccinated young horse in large heard.
10/25/2012 11:55:31 PM
2 horses - 1999 before approved vaccine. All horses except foals get WNV vaccine now.
10/25/2012 3:42:54 PM
Yes, the first year. I've vaccinated ever since. She survived.
10/25/2012 3:39:39 PM
First year it was a problem a friend lost 2 he had just given 1st shots.
10/25/2012 9:24:34 AM
not reached Northern Ireland/ Great Britain
10/25/2012 5:32:12 AM
Id rather catch it now before I get older and have more complications
10/24/2012 8:52:21 PM
My horse was vacinated for west Nile but still came down with a mild case. Banamine helped.
10/24/2012 10:19:54 AM
Vaccine is safe, effective, everyone uses it in my region so no WNV contracted by any horses
10/24/2012 7:35:20 AM
This was in 2001 before the vaccine was available in our area
10/24/2012 12:46:26 AM
I managed a tb farn in Co. We saved the mare and she had a normal foal. A good friend a another tb
10/23/2012 9:59:10 PM
I don't think it is a threat because we live in Alaska, where it is very uncommon.
10/23/2012 9:26:46 PM
Know of nobody, but heard through a vet (not mine) that a horse in the area had gotten it.
10/23/2012 8:25:28 PM
If a horse had it in my county I'd vaccinate
10/23/2012 6:03:31 PM
West Nile is a threat. My mare recovered but was was unable to utilize her feed well
10/23/2012 5:57:27 PM
Most of the horse owners I know vaccinate
10/23/2012 1:39:00 PM
My Percheron mare contracted WNV the same year the vaccine came out and I had elected not to vaccina
10/23/2012 8:29:21 AM
1st horse in county to get it in 2003
10/23/2012 7:31:16 AM
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