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EVENTS |
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Last up date 03/25/07 |
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Liberty County 4-H Drill Team |
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Hoofpicks 4-H Club & Horse Judging Team |
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HPBRA |
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Central Texas Dressage Society |
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Williamson County Horse Judging Team |
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Lone Star Polocrosse |
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Pit Crew Polocrosse |
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Capitol Area Quarter Horse Association |
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Standardbred Please Horse Organization of Texas |
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Central Texas Sporthorse Breeders |
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HORSE CLUBS |
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No events scheduled at this time |
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EQUINE HEALTH NEWS
ImmunizationsProtect Your Horse Against Infectious DiseasesFew things will help protect your horse from the ravages of some infectious diseases as easily and effectively as immunizations. The vaccines administered by your veterinarian to your horse place a protective barrier between the horse and several diseases: tetanus, encephalomyelitis (sleeping sickness), equine influenza, rhinopneumonitis, rabies, strangles, and Potomac Horse Fever, to name the most common. Vaccinations are a vital part of proper equine management. If incorporated into a program that includes regular deworming, an ample supply of clean water, good nutrition, and a safe environment, you and your horse will be all set to enjoy many happy, healthy, productive years together.
WHAT TO EXPECTA good immunization program is essential to responsible horse ownership, but just as in people, vaccination does not guarantee 100% protection. Please keep the following information in mind as you plan your vaccination program with your veterinarian: 1. Vaccination serves to minimize the risk of infection, but does not prevent disease in all circumstances. 2. Primary series of vaccines and booster doses should be administered before likely exposure. 3. Each horse in a population is not protected to an equal degree nor for an equal duration following vaccination. 4. All horses in a herd should be appropriately vaccinated; and, whenever possible, the same schedule should be followed. Vaccination involves the administration (usually by injection or intranasally) of the causative organisms or important components of those organisms that are inactivated or modified to avoid causing actual disease in the horse. Two or more doses are usually needed to initiate an adequate immune response. After the immunization procedure is completed, the protective antibodies in the blood and other specialized immune system components stand guard against the invasion of specific diseases. Over time, however, those antibodies gradually decline. Therefore, a booster is needed at regular intervals to maintain adequate protection. Protection against some diseases, such as tetanus and rabies can be accomplished by boosters once a year. Others require more frequent intervals to provide adequate protection.
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SUCCESSFULLY FOALING YOUR MARE AT HOME |
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At the opposite end of the scale are breeders of other varieties of horse, and even single mare owners probably of a much loved previously competitive animal, who have no direct hands-on experience of the process of partuition. In the this article we aim to describe the sequence of events in a normal delivery so that the attendant person has some guidance as to when to summon immediate veterinary assistance.
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