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Discussion on Pneumabort
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Imogen
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Posted on Monday, Jan 13, 2003 - 1:00 pm:
Dear Dr O
I am feeling very stupid because somehow I missed the information about pneumabort K and EHV 1/4 when I was trying to gen up on broodmare care - actually I think the problem is I was trying not to think about the whole thing until the mare started to show...
Anyway, my mare is now about 7.5 months pregnant - is there any point in giving the vaccine now (either pneumabort K or the EHV 1/4 killed vaccine you mention)? She has never had this vaccination before, she does get Tetanus and 'flu vaccinations every year.
Thanks for any information you can give. If you think it is a good idea at this stage I shall contact my vet and ask what's the usual practice/if there's much risk here - as far as I can find out it seems to be only done for high value mares which mine isn't.
Imogen
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DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Jan 14, 2003 - 6:07 am:
Yes I think it might be worthwhile. Give one then follow it in 3 weeks with a booster and you will be done for the pregnancy.
DrO
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Imogen
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Posted on Wednesday, Jan 22, 2003 - 2:38 am:
Thanks Dr O. I got the vaccination from my vet - you might be interested to know that EHV 1/4 (killed) seems to be favoured over pneumabort here.
Imogen
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New Member:
lisamac
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 7, 2007 - 5:18 pm:
I am moving my horse to a barn where there is a pregnant mare. The owner of the stable and the preganant mare, requires all new boarders to have the horse vaccinated with pneumabort K. My mare has her rhino vaccination, and my vet says that the pneumabort vaccine would not do the preganant mare or my mare any good, becasue my horse is not pregnant. I tried to tell the stable owner this, but her vet strongly advises her to have the incoming horses vaccinated with pneumabort. So my question: Is is necessary for my mare to have the pneumabort vaccine to save her mare from an aborted fetus? And is my mares vaccine for rhino enough? Thanks, Lisa Mac
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DrO
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 7, 2007 - 6:36 pm:
Welcome Lisa,
You need to back up one page and post your question in a new discussion. Even better would be to post it at, Diseases of Horses » Reproductive Diseases » Problems Keeping Mares Pregnant » Equine Herpes & Abortion. You can read more about this issue in the article there.
DrO
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