West Nile Vaccination Recall

[Michelle Clarke]

www.prevenile.com/PDF/PreveNile%20Letter.pdf

[angelsdream]

Yea I heard that. We had our vet out the other day for shots and he said all his had been re-called. That's kind of scary....what are we putting into our horse's?

[DianneC]

I did have a mare miscarry after receiving it, hard to know if that was the cause. Wonder what adverse reactions they were talking about.
The reason that vets liked it was that it was only one dose and worked really well. I do like Invernet for my 5 way but I've gone to once a year or every other year on those, except for young stock.

[oilpainterlee]

I have not done WNV for five years, after my gelding almost died from the vac, and had neurological damage ( sort of like Bells' Palsy) the condition improved but his face is permanently crooked some, on one side. It was an immediate onset condition, sort of like wobbles, which then went away. He received a vac from Fort Dodge that vets decided later they would not use any longer due to the bad affects being widespread.
There are websites about the birth defects on foals when the mares receive the vac, extra limbs, missing eyes, awful, it is like the Thalidimide babies women had when that drug was being given back in the day....

[Michelle Clarke]

We still have not vaccinated in 18 years now...the horses that I buy back that I have sold and been vaccinated all have issues; like allergies, one had phantom lameness until I did a major detox (including for metals) and Chilli had bad collic episodes until I did a gut conditioning program (the gal fed her the same whold food diet I did, so it was not feed related). The main one I see is sweet itch develop.

[kimk]

I am convinced that my colt Sam who was 6 weeks premature last year was so early as the result of his underage dam having been vaccinated for WNV. She had been sold and was being shipped and was vaccinated for WNV at the request of the buyer.
My vet actually agrees with my opinion that Sam arriving so early was likely a result of the vaccine.

[lilnagy]

I have wondered about this too. The only horses I have had that recieved the west nile were wild ones coming out of the BLM corrals. My mare Conchetta, adopted Oct. 06, carried a foal that first winter to full term and delivered a big, normal looking red-dun colt in April, but it never showed any sign of movement or life. Never tried to breathe. I always wondered if the vaccine was the culprit.

[fantasykiger]

I never vaccinated any of my broodmares with WNV and only horses that I traveled with did I vaccinate.

[DianneC]

Smoke accidentally got two WNV vaccinations in three months. That was when he got sick.