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Terri
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Username: Terrilyn
Post Number: 347
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Monday, Apr 24, 2006 - 12:47 pm: |   |
Dr. O--
If this question appears elsewhere, please forgive me...I didn't see it. For spring shots this year, my vet administered the Fort Dodge WNV vaccine to my recently-adopted STB filly. It was the first time she had received the vaccination, so when we discussed the booster I told him I'd be giving it myself to save him a trip. I had my daughter pick up vaccine from a local tack store, and realized that she'd brought home the Merial, not the Fort Dodge, as the booster. Is it permissible to give the Merial as a booster after having given her the Fort Dodge as the primary WNV shot? Thanks! |
Aileen
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Username: Sunny66
Post Number: 1114
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, Apr 24, 2006 - 1:15 pm: | |
Hi Terri,
I know I'm not Dr. O 
The vet's here recommend we give the same type of vaccine for the booster. If not, we do the series over again.
My friend's stallion just had a reaction with the Merial, I suggest getting the fort dodge.
I am curious what Dr. O says ... |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 15455
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, Apr 25, 2006 - 7:02 am: | |
This is actually a question that has been studied see, Equine Diseases » Nervous System » Incoordination, Weakness, Spasticity, Tremors » West Nile Virus » The New WNV Vaccine seems to work with the old vaccine.
DrO |
Terri
Member
Username: Terrilyn
Post Number: 348
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, Apr 25, 2006 - 9:45 am: | |
Thanks...I will go ahead and administer it as the booster. |
