Herpes Outbreak at Monmouth

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

EHV is very bad stuff. Isolation and vaccination are required.
For those that don't know about its various forms and consequences, here's a link that is informative.

http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/k/a/kah19/ehv.htm

It's really no "joke".

No, it's definitely not, DTS...

With that said, our horses were vaccinated probably 3 times a year against EHV, but that doesn't guarantee immunity against it...

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

No, it's definitely not, DTS...

With that said, our horses were vaccinated probably 3 times a year against EHV, but that doesn't guarantee immunity against it...

Cajun,
That's a good way to try to protect them. I'm not a virologist but it seems to me that EHV mutates like the flu.
Read that article. It talks about EHV-1 and 4.
Many people don't realize all the problems that horses are vulnerable to.
West Nile, coggins, worms...geesh, the list is endless.
DTS

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Cajun,
That's a good way to try to protect them. I'm not a virologist but it seems to me that EHV mutates like the flu.
Read that article. It talks about EHV-1 and 4.
Many people don't realize all the problems that horses are vulnerable to.
West Nile, coggins, worms...geesh, the list is endless.
DTS

wayne i know you know this but for those who don't...coggins is not a disease it's the name of the guy who came up with the test for EIA

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by paisjpq

wayne i know you know this but for those who don't...coggins is not a disease it's the name of the guy who came up with the test for EIA

Pais,
Thanks for the correction.
DTS