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Leilani

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003 - 1:51 pm:

My mare only received 1/2 of the required dosage of her vaccine yesterday. I was reluctant to administer another dose. I have a call into my veterinarian for instructions. Any advice until then?

Fort Dodge Triple-E FT +EHV

Thank you.







Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003 - 5:55 pm:

Yes a full dose should be administered but you want to do this fairly quickly before the half dose stimulates the immune system, I would say the next day is OK but there may be more soreness and swelling. Note, unless VEE is a threat in Hawaii I do not recommend you use it. Some feel it is more reactive than the other encephalitis vaccines and it does not help cross protect.
DrO
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