>
> My doctor says we are considered at higher than normal risk since we
> regularly clean stalls, brush horses who have rolled in poop, etc.
>
>
> Karen Thomas, NC
>
yes, or like me, dog-bit. I dont think it hurts to get tetanus shots
every few years! I have never heard of it hurting anything.
>>> Interesting that the tetnus recommendation has changed in the US. It
>>> has gone the other way in the UK and Canada. If you have had 4 shots in
>>> your life you are considered to be covered for ever. Since you get
>>> several when you are young that pretty much covers it here.
This i
Karen Wrote>
When I was a kid, the "rule" was that people took
> tetanus
> vaccines once a year if you had any exposure, cuts, etc. Then,
> somewhere
> along the line, they changed the recommendation to once every 10
> years.
> Not it's back down, maybe to 5 years, I believe?
There is a
--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And the immunity periods DO vary for one vaccination versus
> another. Kids
> get vaccinated for chicken pox and measles when they are preschool,
> and
> basically, they are vaccinated for life.
Karen, certainley not trying to get into a disagree
>>now people just slightly younger than me have never heard of that.
Know why? Its scarey for me to even think of, it was HOOKWORM larvae,
entered the body, gestating. But hookworms were practically
eradicated in north florida, maybe everywhere? I dont know, but they
were eradicated here by th
On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:41 AM, Janice McDonald wrote:
> But places far north, or out west where the humidity is so much lower,
> places where the winters are way longer, well, we just have different
> critters.
And being 50 years of compulsive public health awareness later helps
too. I grew up in
or maybe we have more germs/critters... when I was a kid, we always
got this thing called "ground itch" or "sandworms", you could see the
little worm track under the surface of your skin and the itch was
maddening. I remember laying awake at night as a child with a bristle
hairbrush scrubbing my
Hi Karen,
>>>Not always. When I was a kid, the "rule" was that people took tetanus
vaccines once a year if you had any exposure, cuts, etc. Then, somewhere
along the line, they changed the recommendation to once every 10 years.
Not it's back down, maybe to 5 years, I believe?
Interesting th
ironically, was thinking of this thread last nite, this morning. all
my dogs now have kennel cough, every one. Why? because I told my vet
they did not need bordatello shots, they never go around other dogs...
now I have no idea where they got it, if a stray came to the gate and
they touched no
But once your body or a horses has made antibodies for the virus, it
stays in the body much much longer than the drug companies want you to know.
Not always. When I was a kid, the "rule" was that people took tetanus
vaccines once a year if you had any exposure, cuts, etc. Then, somewhere
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As for horse vaccines, why would you not do it, what are your
> reasons?
Well, I guess I would give you some background. First Sally is a
liscened Naturopathic Physician, graduated from Bastyr university in
1999. If you have ever been to a Na
> As for horse vaccines, why would you not do it, what are your reasons?
Janice - I think there has been enough cases of death or sickness as a
result of vaccines, that we need to be careful as to how often we
administer shots and how many. I think at one point, vaccines were a
miracle and we ju
In a message dated 3/30/2008 9:12:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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Sadly animals do die from injections, I just had one of my pups die after I
sold him. I put on the instructions NO Leptrosis shots Never ever. Well,
they gave him this shot and he
my daughter has an english bulldog she paid 2000 for. When I freaked
out about the cost she said it cost that or more to provide vet care
to the mother to deliver a litter. Has to be caesarian, no other way.
Her 2000 dog has yeast in the creases and folds of her face and has
to be constantly swi
It also brings up another question. The dog who died was a pug. I am
going to try not to insult anyone too much - but - what are people
thinking about when they deliberately breed dogs that are so malformed
as to be almost non-functional? Pugs, because of the way they are
>>This brings up another subject.Vaccines. we do not give a lot
of
>>vaccines, certainley not yearly like these MFGs want you to do. I
>>have been blasted by a couple of members about this
>>before.everyone has to make up their own mindbut I hear of
so
>>many horses, dogs (I have
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