Equine Health Resources

What are your standard vaccination and worming protocols?

Spring Vaccines:

  • Eastern/Western encephalomyelitis

  • Tetanus

  • Influenza/Rhinopneumonitis (booster every 90 days)

  • West Nile Virus

  • Potomac Horse Fever

  • Rabies

Summer Vaccines:

  • Influenza/Rhinopneumonitis
    (only for horses that have a heavy show schedule or travel frequently)

Fall Vaccines:

  • West Nile Virus

  • Potomac Horse Fever

  • Influenza/Rhinopneumonitis

Winter Vaccines:

  • Influenza/Rhinopneumonitis
    (only for horses that have a heavy show schedule or travel frequently)

Optional Vaccinations:

  • Strangles

  • Botulism

  • Lyme disease

Deworming
We recommend a fecal exam in the spring and fall to establish an appropriate deworming program for your horse and monitor its effectiveness. All horses should be dewormed according to fecal exam results. This allows us to avoid the overuse of anti-parasitic drugs and to discourage the development of further parasite resistance.

Emergencies

What is an emergency?

  • Serious lacerations

  • Significant bleeding

  • Colic or acute diarrhea

  • Non-weight bearing lameness

  • Eye Injuries

  • Neurologic signs - head pressing, stumbling, circling, weakness

  • Esophageal obstruction

  • Fever

  • Rapid or strained breathing at rest

When calling with an emergency, please be ready to report your horse’s temperature, pulse and respiration rate