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(Date Posted:02/18/2006 6:12 AM)

It's time for my horses to get their annual shots.  We have a new vet in the area that I'd like to have do it, along with an exam.  She's the only one that answers emergencies so I'd like to have a relationship established.  However, she is insistant on giving vaccinations in the neck.  I've heard forever to not do that and know of a couple bad situations from shots in the neck.  The only way she'll do them in the rear is if the horse is in a stock.  I think that would really stress my horses, especially the young one. I COULD give them myself- I gave the older mare glucosmine shots for almost 2 years, every 3 weeks.  But I never liked doing it.  Anybody have any opinions?

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(Date Posted:02/18/2006 3:28 PM)

Do you have stocks or does your vet bring them or do you take the horses to her? We have stocks on our facitliy, but before we did, I found them to be great! I know it goes against anything you have heard, but they find it comforting to be enclosed and have something to lean on if needed. If you need to take them there, maybe you can plan to go a day before and get them used to going in and out of them and standing quitely.

I actually use my stocks to begin to tie my young horses. They cannot sit back or dance around and they do very well learning confinement before I begin to work on tying them up somewhere else where they have more freedom. I have never had a bad issue using them.

I don't like giving neck shots either! Do what you are comfortable with and what you feel is best for your horses.

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(Date Posted:02/18/2006 11:21 PM)

Hi Cindy,

I work for a veterinarian and I would say 95% of the vaccinations given are in the neck. Pectoral muscle would be next choice and rear end the last. I am sure you are aware of the "magic triangle" on the neck. If injections are given there (and the syringe is checked for blood before injecting) it is the safest place. Horses who are needle shy will sometimes tolerate injections in the pectoral muscle. Injections in the rear will sometimes abscess and if not given low enough in the leg can cause problems. However any injection can cause a reaction. It is a good idea to have epinephrine on hand should there be a problem. Hope this helps. 

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(Date Posted:02/19/2006 3:37 AM)

Thanks for the responses.  This has given me more to think about.  I know several people that have horses that have reacted to shots (my mare being one) and the ones given in the neck had trouble eating and drinking, where the ones in the rear just couldn't move around very well.  The vet has the stocks.  I could probably go over there on a day when they are closed and work with the colt and the stocks. (The small animal vet is a friend that would let me I'm pretty sure)  That might be the best solution.  But, if neck is OK, that's easy.  I have to think on it more.  There is a vet who comes up here once a week and he'll just do it in the rear for me no problem.  I do want to support the new vet though as I had an emergency this weekend and it was sure nice to have somebody come over here, in the snow yet.
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(Date Posted:02/21/2006 10:14 PM)

Cindy,

A couple more thoughts. Some horses are allergic to the adjutent the vaccine is in. You might try a different brand. Also, some horses have a reaction if too many vaccines are given at one time. We have a number of different combinations to suit what the horse needs. They are sometimes split up into EWT/Flu/Rhino and WNV. Then Potomac/Rabies is given a few weeks later. Strangles can be given either time, but should always be the last vaccine done, never the first. At least in our situation where we use the intra-nasal vaccine.

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