Tetanus Antitoxin given to foals

[cherylsminis]

Could some of you please tell me if you give your foals a Tetanus Antitoxin shot right after they are born and if so, how many ml. Thanks!

 

[Reble]

Yes, to the foal and the mare.

My foal kit has Tetanus Antitoxin, Viatamin E and 2 shots of Penicilan.

Cannot tell you off hand. comes in a vile.

Need to get another one on hand.

: :saludando:

 

[Robin1]

Yes, to all the foals. Use one vial per foal. The ml depends on what brand you get. Most equal approximately 6 ml. However , I just got a couple from my vet that were only 3 ml.

Robin

 

[rabbitsfizz]

I STRONGLY suggest you , and everyone else, does a LOT of research on this subject before routinely vaccinating foals for tetanus.

You can prevent them taking up full immunity.

Talk to your Vet, do research on line- I have read a lot on this over the last three months.

My horse was fully vaccinated BUT he still got Tetanus and died.

He had been fully vaccinated since he was ten months old, and the current suggestion is that animals are not given any primary injections until they are over eighteen months- and Yes, I was surprised too.

I am not a Vet so I will not attempt to explain further but I do urge you to keep an open mind and to do the research for yourself- it might save your horses life.

If you just have one or two horses, and can afford it, the most strongly recommended route was to have an immunity test done before you vaccinate and then again afterwards.

 

[Mona]

Yes, I give every one of my newborn foals a Tetnus Antitoxin shot. I believe the shot I use, is 3ml. They come in individual shot size vials, so I never have to measure.

 

[CKC]

Our vet gave it to our colt the day he was born.

 

[WeeOkie]

Here's the other side! I do not give my foals any shots shortly after birth. I give my mares their annual shots, which includes tetanus, at 9 months gestation. Then the mare passes on the antibodies to the foal in the colostrum. My vet says there is absolutely no reason to give the foal the antitoxin.

Rita

 

[stormy]

Please remember there is a differance between Tetanus antitoxin and tetanus toxoid vaccination. Foals should recieve Tetanus Antitoxin at birth under a veterinarians recommendation. The antibodies in mares milk interfer with vaccines in many cases so tetanus toxoid vaccine may not work on a young foal. Antitoxin is NOT a vaccine, it gives NO long term protection. Talk to your vet to work out what is best for your situation.

 

[zacharyfarms]

I only give tetanus antitoxin to foals when their dams did not receive their prefoaling vacs that include tetanus toxoid 4 to 6 weeks prior to foaling.

 

[CJMM6]

I give tetanus antitox to all of our foals within 24 hours. And yes our horses all have their yearly

4 way shots. cjmm

 

[Becky]

No, I do not give tetanus antitoxin. If the mares have been fully vaccinated, then they should pass immunity on to their foals through their colostrum.

 

[Field-of-Dreams]

Our Vet had us give 1/2cc to our foals.

Lucy

 

[Reijel's Mom]

Thought I'd bring up this older topic again. Seems that this is one of those things where different vets recommend different things, and internet research recommends different things . I hadn't planned on giving the antitoxin but my vet recommended it and I decided to follow doctor's orders, he's been a horse vet for eons. He unfortunately could not administer it as I called him when he just happend to be near by and he stopped in to check on my newborn filly and momma today, but he didn't have his supplies with him (long story, his truck broke down and was in shop) so he called it in to the local clinic where I picked it up and was to administer it - he recommended subcutaneous in the neck, but said I couldn't really go wrong because it's one of those things that can also be given IM or IV. I called another clinic and they recommended IM in the thigh/butt muscle area.

Where does everyone else give it? I've given IM shots to my adult horses, and subcutaneous to cats/dogs, but I've never given a shot to a bitty baby like this.

 

[Mona]

I always give it before the foal even stands, just right after it is born. I pull up a piece of skin off to the right side of the neck, near the shoulder, and I insert the needle horizontally under the skin and inject it there. There will be a "bubble" there for a bit, but it has worked well for me all these years. The only drawback I have found, is that sometimes if I let the skin back down, I end up poking the needle back through the skin and some of the injection runs out. But now I know to watch for it, so have solved that one.

 

[Reijel's Mom]

I always give it before the foal even stands, just right after it is born.

Now that is a GREAT idea, thanks for the tip! Too late for this one but I will definitely file that one in my memory bank. Sure would be the easiest way to do it.

 

[Mona]

Yes, I found it to be easiest that way, and I don't have to fight the foal to give the shot, since they are still kind of dumbfounded about their new arrival into the world!

 

[Cathy_H]

We had been giving it since we've been breeing in the mid 80's. In the last few years our vet suggested not giving it because it has been known to cause liver problems. I told him our mare had been vaccinated two months prior to foaling & he said the foal still would be fine..... I do know one of our fillies that went to California years ago died from liver problems so was the antitoxen shot the reason? Who knows?

 

[minie812]

MMMMM...Our vet said if the mares have had all their vac. that it would be passed on thru the milk so we don't do it

 

[Reijel's Mom]

We had been giving it since we've been breeing in the mid 80's. In the last few years our vet suggested not giving it because it has been known to cause liver problems. I told him our mare had been vaccinated two months prior to foaling & he said the foal still would be fine..... I do know one of our fillies that went to California years ago died from liver problems so was the antitoxen shot the reason? Who knows?

I'd read about that, which is why I hadn't planned to give it. But vet said do so I did. Afraid he would give me an earful if I had to call him out if the baby got ill and I hadn't given it. My mare is utd on her vax.

 

[Matt73]

I only give tetanus antitoxin to foals when their dams did not receive their prefoaling vacs that include tetanus toxoid 4 to 6 weeks prior to foaling.

Ditto.