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Topic: WNV Prevention!
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EqUeStRiAn
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posted May 08, 2004 07:10 AM
Well, ive searched all the topics and i havent found anything on West Nile Virus yet. So i thought ide start it up here ( since WNV is here/on its way!) summer's coming and nows the time to start preventing it. Please share any tip you have for prevention, including precautions recipies etc.
THANKS! ps. I need a home made fly/BUG spray recipie ASAP! THANKSSS! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ![[Cute Kiss]](graemlins/kiss.gif)
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Rocking BT Ranch
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posted May 08, 2004 07:40 AM
Here's a link to a very good article on WNV.
WNV- Prevention is the KEY !
Read all the way down because there are some very good suggestions as to how to keep down mosquito infestation as well.
I can't help ya with the homemade fly/bug spray. Nothing homemade I have tried worked on these "747's" down here !!!
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Blistering Winds
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posted May 08, 2004 07:58 AM
Lots and lots of mosquito/fly spray. Anything citronella smelling will keep mosquitos away great. I spray my whole BARN area with citronella to keep those buggers away.
Vaccinate, vaccinate VACCINATE!!!! The 25 bucks a year (most expensive I've seen so far) is worth more than the thousands upon thousands that you will spend if your horse gets it, IF HE LIVES through it.
Get rid of stale water, dump your horse's water daily or use an automatic shallow waterer. Keep only enough for your horse to clear completely out.
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EqUeStRiAn
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posted May 08, 2004 08:06 AM
great! Keep the ideas coming
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Posts: 314 | From: Calgary, Canada | Registered: Jun 2003
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horse_crazy
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posted May 08, 2004 01:04 PM
Well, you can't really prevent your horse from being exposed to West Nile, but some things that you can do to try to minimize your horse from getting it are:
1. I highly suggest vaccinating your horse for WNV, unless of course your horse is allergis, or some other type of problem occurs that you cannot give it to him/her.
2. Fly spraying your horse, will help alot too.
3. Keep your water troughs clean.
4. Try to minimize any standing water, if you cannot do that, there are items that you can put in the water for the mosquito larvae.
Hmm, I post back for anything else that comes to my mind!
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Honey-buckskin(in-foal to a smutty buckskin stallion)
BG-palomino/dunalino(foaled a beautiful filly)
Dibby-dun(in-foal to a palomino stallion)
Star Bucks-buttermilk buckskin(not bred, we may just use her as a riding horse)
Fillies:
Lizzy-grulla(will be used as a broodmare in the future, due to an injury as a weanling...we are unsure if she will be riding sound, although she might be, as her injury has healed so well...you can't even tell)
Sheba-black(hopefully will be shown in Halter classes starting this year)
Blue-blue roan(we aren't too sure what we are going to do with this filly yet....but she is a cutie)
Geldings:
Poco-sorrel/overo*Paint*(Awesome riding horse!)
Brandy-*FOR SALE*(Nice 2 yr old, going into training soon, price will go up, feel free to ask me about him..if you are interested)
Foals:
Tinker Bell- Red dun filly. Nice short neck, long legs, beautiful eyes..absolutely beautiful. Very people friendly.
Other 2 foals are expecting between May and June.
Posts: 853 | From: Wisconsin | Registered: Jun 2003
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spyro1
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posted May 08, 2004 01:19 PM
If your horse should come down with WN, don't panic, it is rarely fatal, the recovery rate is over 80%. There are numerous cases of horses coming down wiht WNV even though they have been vaccinated. Some getting very mild cases, some getting full blown cases. I am not saying to not vaccinate your horse, just giving you more facts. There have also been numerous reports of horses being fine with the first initial 2 shots, then having violent reactions to it the following year. While prevention is the key, I dont think that the vaccine alone will protect your horse, just my opinion though.
Getting rid of brush and debris around your barn, no standing water,(old buckets, tires, etc)dump water tubs/buckets daily, scrub with bleach weekly, keep fans running during the summer months in your stalls, spraying your stall walls with fly spray paying special attention in between cracks, and dark corners, where mosquitos hide during the day. Mosquitoes come on out in flocks at dawn and dusk, so limit turn out time in those hours.
I use Wipe Fly spray and add 4oz of Skin So Soft, 4 oz of appple cider vinegar and 4 oz of citronella oil.
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Posts: 2755 | From: Sunny South Florida | Registered: Aug 2003
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CJ
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posted May 08, 2004 01:31 PM
I am going to put feeder fish, the 8-10/ $1 goldfish in the slow moving 'run'/ creek adjacent to my property. I already have 2 in the water tank, and no mosquitos can set up in there. There are a couple bats I see that come out and work thru the bugs attracted to the yard light, yeaa! Qmist (automatic), fly spray, and oh yeah, Raps shots. I hope that does it!
Posts: 662 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2004
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EqUeStRiAn
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posted May 08, 2004 01:34 PM
Oh and i almost forgot. Dont just protect your horse from the virus, you have to protect yourself too! just wear long sleeves and practically bath yourself in bug spray haha ( jk jk) anyways, any other ideas? i think its a good idea to share all these, what do you all think?
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Posts: 314 | From: Calgary, Canada | Registered: Jun 2003
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CJ
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posted May 08, 2004 01:36 PM
PLease spot me on this, but people nervous @ the WNV vaccine, whether first shot(s)or old horse, should insist on the Killed virus, not the live version? Seems the worse problems are w/ the Live vaccine? I waited for the killed to come out & be proven b/c Raps older, 24.
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horse_crazy
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posted May 08, 2004 04:54 PM
Live virus? I didnt thik there was such one, WNV vaccine is a dead virus.
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Mares:
Honey-buckskin(in-foal to a smutty buckskin stallion)
BG-palomino/dunalino(foaled a beautiful filly)
Dibby-dun(in-foal to a palomino stallion)
Star Bucks-buttermilk buckskin(not bred, we may just use her as a riding horse)
Fillies:
Lizzy-grulla(will be used as a broodmare in the future, due to an injury as a weanling...we are unsure if she will be riding sound, although she might be, as her injury has healed so well...you can't even tell)
Sheba-black(hopefully will be shown in Halter classes starting this year)
Blue-blue roan(we aren't too sure what we are going to do with this filly yet....but she is a cutie)
Geldings:
Poco-sorrel/overo*Paint*(Awesome riding horse!)
Brandy-*FOR SALE*(Nice 2 yr old, going into training soon, price will go up, feel free to ask me about him..if you are interested)
Foals:
Tinker Bell- Red dun filly. Nice short neck, long legs, beautiful eyes..absolutely beautiful. Very people friendly.
Other 2 foals are expecting between May and June.
Posts: 853 | From: Wisconsin | Registered: Jun 2003
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spyro1
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posted May 08, 2004 04:56 PM
There is one that has just come out and it is a killed virus.
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Posts: 2755 | From: Sunny South Florida | Registered: Aug 2003
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Blistering Winds
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posted May 08, 2004 11:51 PM
They ALL are killed. At least the ones from Fort Dodge have been.
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CJ
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posted May 09, 2004 10:50 AM
I definitely read @ a live virus vaccine, and I'm pretty sure it was an early one. There's a technical term for live but 'negated' vaccines, and it escapes me right now... who's the med tech out there? ![[Help!]](graemlins/help.gif)
Posts: 662 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2004
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CJ
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posted May 09, 2004 12:47 PM
B/W, I think it was a link to Fort Dodge promoting their killed vaccine, with a side by side comparison with an older, established, problematic Company X live vaccine. Colors were gaudy, red, orange, green, black print.. (think think, strip gears, smell smoke..)
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spyro1
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posted May 09, 2004 01:45 PM
I'm on your tail, CJ. I know I read the same thing, thinking though it was MB or BW that had the info.. ![[Confused]](confused.gif) I thought I read it on here...let me go look.
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MissBandit
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posted May 09, 2004 01:55 PM
There are two major types of vaccines: bacteria and viruses. Vaccines are distinguished as being live or dead. Dead vaccines are inactivated through heat, radiation or chemicals. Live vaccine is weakened to reduce it’s potency. Does this answer your question? I don't know of any other term than "weakend live vaccine".
[ May 09, 2004, 01:56 PM: Message edited by: MissBandit ]
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...you yell at the kids, and the horse's name pops out.
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CJ
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posted May 09, 2004 02:57 PM
Spyro, do you remember where you got that link you posted, way back+-,the one I PM'd you 'thanks' on? I think that was it...
MB- "weakened" might v.well be the term, sounds right. Y, weakened live, that's it. Thx.
[ May 09, 2004, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: CJ ]
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Nocturno
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posted May 09, 2004 03:08 PM
quote:
Originally posted by CJ:
I am going to put feeder fish, the 8-10/ $1 goldfish in the slow moving 'run'/ creek adjacent to my property. I already have 2 in the water tank, and no mosquitos can set up in there. There are a couple bats I see that come out and work thru the bugs attracted to the yard light, yeaa! Qmist (automatic), fly spray, and oh yeah, Raps shots. I hope that does it!
Wait, can you do that? It sounds like a great idea but does it cause any problems for the horses?
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posted May 09, 2004 03:41 PM
For everyone that puts goldfish (more than one small one) in a water trough, when's the last time you checked your ammonia levels? 2-3 medium sized goldfish in a large water trough can create enough ammonia in only a few days to cause a horse to go off their water.
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spyro1
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posted May 09, 2004 03:53 PM
H_ell, CJ, I can't remember yesterday, let alone way back when!!! ROFL....let me think, was it about the immuniglobin or something like that? let me see if I can find it.
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CJ
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posted May 10, 2004 04:49 PM
No, spyro, sorry, that's not it. It was definitely west nile vaccine/s, straight up, real aggressive colors, not muted. Sorry for causing the brain strain.
Re the goldfish- ammonia doesn't seem to be a problem, but haven't checked. They do foul the tank, so be prepared to bail it out more often. Raps for one will just as soon go to the tank, in need of bailing, than drink from a cool clean bucket much closer; go figure. Water came out of the same tap.. 2 goldfish currently in 70 gallon tank, no bugs in there. (Pardon my fish-ignorance but doesn't ammonia dissipate/ evaporate? )
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Blistering Winds
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posted May 10, 2004 05:15 PM
Fort Dodge has only released Killed vaccines to date.
There is, however, another company with a modified live virus vaccine. ChimeriVax–West Nile virus (Acambis, Inc., Cambridge, MA), a live attenuated chimeric virus vaccine candidate.
I found the info from the CDC pages. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no12/02-0229.htm
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Blistering Winds
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posted May 10, 2004 05:17 PM
WHICH, if I read correctly over many sites, they are looking for a human vaccine. NOt an equine vaccine.
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MissBandit
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posted May 10, 2004 10:33 PM
Was it this one CJ?
WNV news
Trying my hand at detective work ![[Blushing]](graemlins/blush.gif)
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You know you are a horse person when...
...You pull change from your pocket , and hay falls out.
...you yell at the kids, and the horse's name pops out.
...you actually get to a point where flies don't bother you so much.
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