Risk-Based Vaccination Protocols for Horses
Haylie Kerstetter
April 26, 2025
Veterinarians administer risk-based vaccines based on a horse’s potential to contract certain diseases.
Veterinarians administer risk-based vaccines based on a horse’s potential to contract certain diseases.
Infectious diseases such as equine herpesvirus can be spread via exposed horses and on equipment. Here are the best ways to avoid this and keep your horses healthy.
Horse shows and events can act as petri dishes for infectious agents. Learn about the common pathogens horses encounter and how to protect your horse from them.
Regular, strategic vaccination is a safe, effective method to greatly minimize the chances of deadly diseases impacting your herd.
Learn more about equine asthma, acute respiratory infections, and shipping fever in horses.
Horses might need additional risk-based vaccines in the fall months, depending on location and activities.
Determining exactly which vaccines a horse needs can be confusing. Here are some basic do’s and don’ts to make sure you’re providing the disease protection your horse needs.
What vaccines should horses have on board prior to show season?
Regular, strategic vaccination is a safe, effective method to greatly minimize the chances of deadly diseases impacting your herd. Learn more in this article from the April 2022 issue of The Horse.
Here’s how to protect your horse from this highly contagious respiratory virus.
Vaccination and quarantine play key roles in controlling infectious respiratory pathogens such as equine influenza virus.
Both affected equids reside at an Oregon rescue facility where 29 more equids were exposed.
Four more horses at the facility are suspected positive.
The Standardbred horses resided at an Edmonton racetrack.
One more horse is suspected as positive, and five more potentially exposed.
The horse, whose vaccination status was unreported, resides at a private facility.
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