Stallion owners beware! SHOTS!!!

[Simkie]

[QUOTE=skydy;7155753]
See my post #57. :)[/QUOTE]

Right, okay, it was last year.

But before then, we had no rabies in skunks in Colorado. I think it showed up the year before waaaaaaay in the southern part of the state. I think the buffalo might have been the first, or one of the first, rabies cases in anything other than bats in Larimer county.

Is there even a vaccine that’s licensed for BISON? Yeah, hindsight is 20/20 and they should have been vaxed with the cattle vaccine, but I think the fast movement of rabies through the state caught everyone a little off guard. It really went from “this is something to watch” to “ZOMG, rabies is everywhere!” Similarly to how quickly the movement of WNV west caught a lot of people out. (When it hit Colorado, it was not predicted to be here for another year at least. A LOT of people had not vaccinated, and some lost horses that summer…)

[spotnnotfarm]

This was just reported in my local paper. While rare, it can happen. Sad becasue the horse is dead and the owner needs to go through rabies treatment.

http://www.times-georgian.com/news/a...9bb30f31a.html

[TrotTrotPumpkn]

We vaccinate horses yearly. Dogs are every two or every three years (varies by county–which is incredibly stupid, imo, I vote for 3 years in dogs). Anyway, you guys got me curious! In 2012 there were 60 cases of rabies reported. 16 cows, 3 horses, 2 cats, 36 skunks and 3 bats. I have to imagine that whatever is reported, particularly in a very unpopulated state like mine, is just the tip of the iceberg.

Interesting.

Titers are fine, but the law here is you have to vaccinate. I wanted to do titers (not on rabies, but on everything else) on my 9 year old dog and no boarding kennel would take them. So I had to vaccinate anyway.

Don’t they have to examine the brain to determine if the animal has it after it bites someone if it doesn’t have a vaccine record (I’m thinking dogs)? Where did I get that from…??

[Hillside_H_Ranch]

Yes, the brain must be examined to diagnose rabies. This applies to all animals, from bats on up to horses. It always sucks (sorry, no other word for it) when an animal’s brain has to be sent off “in the rabies box” to the health department.

[Irish_Love]

saw this today as someone posted about a horse with rabies 30 minutes from me! Yes, I vaccinate across the board, but seeing this confirms how you “never know”

…and to think these are just the ones that have been recently reported…

https://www.outbreak-alert.com/alerts/default.aspx?addr=37273

[JB]

http://www.times-georgian.com/news/article_8e23abee-14fb-11e3-8649-0019bb30f31a.html

[Irish_Love]

That’s the one! thanks JB!

[foggybok]

Seems strange

as they are not following the law. A biting animal needs to be watched for 10 days, a bitten animal 6 months…

even in the case of a declaration of rabies area…

someone is confused…

http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/discond/Documents/Rabies/CA%20Rabies%20Laws-Regulations.pdf

[Atypical]

Up until about 3 years ago here in CO, we did not vaccinate our horses for Rabies. It was not a concern. However, the incidence of rabid skunks moving Northward in this state has increased to a degree that many if not most vets around here are now recommending them. So I do understand why the OP has not vaccinated before.