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Vaccination Schedule for Adult Horses

Vaccine	Performance: Traveling/contact with many horses	Pleasure: No traveling/minimal contact with new horses
Eastern/Western Encephalomyelitis	Every 6 months	Every 6 months
Tetanus	Every 6 months	Every 6 months
Rhinoneumonitis	Every 3 months	Every 6 months
Influenza	Every 3 months	Every 6 months
Rabies	Annual	Annual
Potomac Horse Fever	If traveling to endemic areas, give semi-annually	If traveling to endemic areas, give semi-annually
Strangles (intranasal)	Depends on risk, ask your veterinarian	Depends on risk, ask your veterinarian
EPM	Ask your veterinarian	Ask your veterinarian
West Nile Vaccine	Initially 2 vaccines 3-6 apart, boost 6 months later and then annually in the spring	Initially 2 vaccines 3-6 apart, boost 6 months later and then annually in the spring

* Each horse should be evaluated based upon his/her use and potential exposure to other horses and wildlife.

Vaccination Schedule for Foals and Broodmare

Vaccine	Foal	Broodmare
Eastern/Western Encephalomyelitis	1st at 4 months, 2nd at 5 months	Every 6 months, boost 30-45 days before foaling date
Tetanus	1st at 4 months, 2nd at 5 months	Annually, boost 30-45 days before foaling date
Rhinoneumonitis	1st at 5 months, 2nd at 6 months, continue to boost every 3 months	Every 3 months, boost 30-45 days before foaling date
Influenza	1st at 5 months, 2nd at 6 months, continue to boost every 3 months	Every 3 months, boost 30-45 days before foaling date
Rabies	1st at 4 months, then boost annually	Annually, boost 30-45 days before foaling date
Potomac Horse Fever	Not routine in this area, if traveling check with you Veterinarian	Not routine in this area, if traveling check with you Veterinarian
Strangles (intranasal)	1st at 6 months, 2nd at 7 months	Ask your Veterinarian
Pneumabort-K	Not given to foals	At 3rd, 5th 7th and 9th months of pregnancy
Influenza (intranasal)	At 7 months, then every 3 months	Every 3 months, boost 30-45 days before foaling date
EPM	Ask your Veterinarian	Ask your Veterinarian
West Nile	1st at 3 months, 2nd at 4 months, 3rd at 10 months, then every 6 months	If Open: Initially 2 vaccines 3-6 weeks apart, then every 6 months. If in Foal: THIS VACCINE IS NOT LABELED FOR USE IN PREGNANT MARES

* Each horse should be evaluated based upon his/her use and potential exposure to other horses and wildlife. All pregnant broodmares should be booster-vaccinated at approximately 10 months of pregnancy to insure colostral immunity. They should also receive pneumabort-k vaccines at months: 3,5,7 and 9 months of pregnancy. There is also a new a intranasal influenza vaccine available. This can be given in conjunction with the intra-muscular version. It is likely that the recommendations for vaccinating foals to establish immunity will be modified in the next couple of years, as new research data is validated in field trails.

Recommended Deworming Schedule

Month	Dewormer
January	Ivermectin
March	Quest
May	Strongid
July	Ivermectin
September	Ivermectin
November	Equimax

* The above chart is a general deworming schedule. Your own horse's schedule may need to be adjusted based on age, condition, environment, geographic area. Please consult a veterinarian prior to using any medications on your horse if it is pregnant, nursing, aged, in poor health or otherwise physically compromised. We also strongly suggest that all horses have fecal analysis done quarter (only 1 fecal ball per horse is necessary for this test).

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