We recommend you vaccinate your horse against all diseases he is at risk of being exposed to. Protect against the diseases he could be exposed to around his home as well as those he may be exposed to when traveling. Vaccinating your horse is an important part of his overall health maintenance - and essential to responsible ownership.

Zoetitis is proud to partner with our Veterinarians to assure horse owners that their horses are receiving the best possible health care and disease protection.

Zoetitis will support reasonable diagnostic and treatment costs up to $5,000 if a horse is properly vaccinated with one of our antigens contracts the corresponding equine disease:

• West Nile
• Influenza
• Tetanus
• Eastern Equine Encephalitis
• Western Equine Encephalitis
• Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis

 Zoetis announced the introduction of LEPTO EQ INNOVATOR®, the first and only vaccine licensed for use in horses, six months of age or older, to aid in the prevention of leptospirosis. Equine Lepto is an infectious bacterial disease caused by spirochetes belonging to the Leptospira species. The bacteria is circulated in the blood and can cause Uveitis or moon blindness (the most common cause of blindness in horses), as well as abortions and kindey failure. Horses can become infected with leptospires from standing or slow-moving water contaminated by Leptospira-infected urine, contaminated soil, bedding, feed and drinking water as well as urine from infected cattle or dogs. Common maintenance hosts including: skunks, raccoons, white-tailed deer and opossums can become infected with lepto, which can be shed into shared environments and infect horses. After penetrating through mucous membranes or skin abrasions, leptospires can concentrate in the kidneys and can cause devastating clinical disease.

Here is a website with some information regarding the latest on the Canine Influenza.  Please read and if you have any questions please call the clinic.  We ask that you let us know if your pet has any of the symptoms of canine influenza to tell us BEFORE bringing your pet into the clinic.  This is a highly contagious virus and if you suspect that your pet has it we may ask to see your pet in a different section of our clinic.  This is for your pets health as well as our other clients health.  http://www.avma.org/public/petcare/pages/canineinfluenza.aspx

If you have recently lost a pet, or know someone who has and would like some words of encouragement, please check out; www.pet-loss.net/handouts. We understand how difficult it can be to lose a pet. After all, they are a part of your family.

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