What's the safest earlier age a foal can be vaccinated against tetanus and strangles?
If the foal misses out on the mother's colostrum, they may miss out on immunity from the mother. In this case the foal didn't get colostrum and her IGG tests were poor. She had two plasma infusions to help her immune system. The vet wanted her to have her vaccinations earlier.
What's the safest earlier age a foal can be vaccinated against tetanus and strangles?
Can one be given more safely earlier than the other?
note: I will go with the vet's instructions, I find it an interesting question to understand the why
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Where i live the first vaccsine is given when the foal is 5-7months old,And it is given twice the second vaccsine is given 4-6 weeks after the first one.
If the mare is unvaccsinated the tetanus vaccsine can be given when the foal is 3 months old.
After this the tetanus vaccsine is given every 3 years and the flue vaccsine is given every year.
This is how it is here in norway but it can be different where you live,the types of vaccsines given might differ too but a vet will tell you more about this.
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