Yeah the owner worried about them. Maybe they will be ok. I had thought though that he got an immunization for this. Guess not. I just didn't know about the grass but the owner would come back and check on me and told me it was ok and even gave me a hay net. The vet didn't want him back in the pasture but wet down and tied under a tree until his fever dropped. Hot here today. So I tied him up some hay where he could reach it.
Hi Cindy,
I vaccinate all mine for Rhino too, but I think I read somewhere that you might need to vaccinate for it more often than once a year in certain situations. I do my broodmares every other month starting with the 5th month of pregnancy because the Type 1 form of the virus can cause them to abort. The Type 4 strain just causes respiratory problems. Some vaccines just have the Type 1 strain, some just have Type 4. I always try to make sure I get one that has both. I can't remember what kind I use, but I had a hard time getting it at all last year. I think something similar to what happened with the human flu vaccine shortage happened to the supply of Rhino vaccine.
The barn owner should probably vaccinate everybody else in the barn now that there's been an outbreak. I think flu is another one that needs to be given more often where there's horses coming and going alot.
Hopefully now that he's over the worst of it, he'll get better real quick.