Elizabeth Davis, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, presents the AAEP’s vaccine guidelines as fall approaches and horses get boosters or vaccines for the first time. She emphasizes the importance of core vaccines, plus evaluating risk-based inoculations based on lifestyle, geography, planned travel and more.
Source: The Horse, August 25, 2022. Link. Consider all factors that keep horses healthy, such as proper nutrition, other preventive care strategies, and excellent biosecurity.
Implementing a multipronged approach such as this can help prevent infectious diseases.
INSIGHTS: Veterinary teams can help horse owners prepare for fall farm calls using articles like this. Sending it ahead of the veterinarian requesting the horse owner review it and consider the lifestyles and risks for the horses being seen that day.