According to our vet, there is no vaccine. He’s been running on 40 acres, how do you keep him from being exposed to it???
The prognosis is pretty good for him at least surviving, as she caught it very early. But, there is a good chance he won’t be a barrel horse after this. The vet said that if he is responding to treatment after 30 days, she recommends continuing the medication for 8 months.
Becky
There is definately a vaccine because I give it to all my horses every year. ????
Well I hope he recovers well. Is the time frame till you’ll know 30 days?
You’ll have to let us know what it is that she’s treating him with because that link I posted listed several different ones. As for keeping one from being exposed to it, that’d be really hard. The best you can do is to not leave out any food that would attract possums. But other than that, I don’t know what you could do. I just vaccinate and hope that that works.