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Recommended Routine Vaccination Schedule – Pleasure Horses
(Minimal traveling/showing and housed in a closed herd)
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Treatment |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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EEE/WEE
/Tetanus
Toxoid |
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X |
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West Nile |
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X |
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X |
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Rabies
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X |
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Rhino/EHV |
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Intranasal Influenza |
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Intranasal Strangles |
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***Potomac
Horse Fever |
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(X) |
X |
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(X) |
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***PHF – If given before mid-May, booster again in August. If given after mid-May only vaccinate
once. NOTE: If your horse has never received a particular vaccination before, they will need a
booster in 3 – 4 weeks.
Recommended Routine Vaccination Schedule – Show/Traveling Horses
(Showing/Traveling/training and/or living at a boarding barn)
|
Treatment |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sept |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
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EEE/WEE
/Tetanus
Toxoid |
|
|
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X |
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West Nile |
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|
X |
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|
X |
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Rabies
|
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|
X |
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Rhino/EHV |
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|
X |
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|
Y |
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Intranasal Influenza |
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|
X |
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Y |
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Intranasal Strangles |
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|
X |
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Y |
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***Potomac
Horse Fever |
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(X) |
X |
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(X) |
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***PHF – If given before mid-May, booster again in August. If given after mid-May only vaccinate once.
“Y” – Horses in high exposure situations such as boarding or training facilities or horses who show all year around should consider receiving the respiratory vaccine semi-annually.
NOTE: If your horse has never received a particular vaccination before, they will need a booster in 3 – 4 weeks.
Recommended Routine Vaccination Schedule – Foals
(foals from unvaccinated mares should have a tetanus shot shortly after birth)
|
Months of Age: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Spring Shots |
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EEE/WEE
/Tetanus
Toxoid |
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|
X |
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X |
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|
X |
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West Nile |
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|
X |
|
X |
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|
X |
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Rabies
|
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|
X |
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X |
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Rhino/EHV |
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|
X |
|
X |
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|
X |
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Intranasal Influenza |
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|
X |
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|
X |
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Intranasal Strangles |
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|
X |
|
X |
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|
X |
|
Potomac
Horse Fever |
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|
X |
|
X |
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X – After Mid-May |
Recommended Pre-foaling Vaccination Schedule – Broodmares
|
Month of
Pregnancy |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
EEE/WEE
/Tetanus
Toxoid |
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|
X |
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West Nile |
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|
X |
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Rabies
|
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Give Rabies if not administered in the last 12 months |
X |
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Injectable Influenza |
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|
X |
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***Potomac
Horse Fever |
|
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|
|
X |
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Rhino/
Abort (EHV-1) |
|
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|
X |
|
X |
|
X |
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Broodmares should receive the recommended routine vaccinations through out the year. The above recommendations are in addition to the routine vaccines. If the 10th month of gestation happens to be in the spring, this series can be considered the spring shot series.
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