However, vaccinated horses will not be as severely affected and will suffer with the disease for less time compared to unvaccinated horses. Your vet will be best to advise on the most current vaccine available.
Maintaining good health and hygiene management practices on your yard, with the correct disease prevention measures in place, can also help to prevent the spread of equine flu. Read our advice and the simple steps you can take to prevent the spread of disease. Where a higher percentage of the equine population is vaccinated, the spread of the disease is ultimately reduced.
However, for herd immunity to work a large proportion of the population must be vaccinated. Estimates suggest that only 50 percent of the equine population in the UK are vaccinated against influenza. All horses are at risk of flu as in certain weather conditions it can travel up to several kilometres.
It is essential to check with the show organisers or relevant governing body on their specific vaccination requirements. If your horse does not meet their requirements it is likely that you will not be allowed to compete. If you hire equestrian facilities it is important to check the vaccination rules of the venue. This can happen before any visible signs are shown by the horse. This results in the onset of a dry, harsh cough, which can continue for two to three weeks and potentially continue for up to six weeks after all other clinical signs have subsided A clear, watery nasal discharge that may become thick and yellow or green in colour, a few days later Loss of appetite The horse is lethargic Swollen and painful glands under and around the jaw.
Some develop only a fever and a cough, while others get very sick. It may take a horse a few months to completely recover to full fitness. That means it will spread very quickly and many horses will catch it.
The recovery time will create huge disruption to all equine-related sports. Interestingly, since the Australian outbreak in August , New Zealand is the only country left with a major equine population that remains free of the disease in its general population.
While most horses get over the disease, veterinarians report more post-infection problems with equine flu than with most other respiratory infections.
Heart problems and pneumonia, for example, are not uncommon. EI is transmitted directly from acutely infected horses to susceptible horses. Horses with the disease remain infectious for up to seven to 10 days. The dry, harsh-sounding cough may linger for several weeks. The disease has a very short incubation period time from infection to symptoms of two to six days and clinical signs usually resolve in one to three weeks.
It attacks the airway lining, which becomes inflamed and can ulcerate. The animals gets a sore throat and cough as a result. They have trouble clearing mucus from their airways, and areas of damage resulting from the infection are more prone to bacteria infections.
Horses suffering from equine influenza should be given complete rest. As a general rule horses should have a week of complete rest for every day they have a raised temperature. Generally horses require at least 30 days complete rest after infection, or longer if they suffer a fever for more than 4 days. Like people with influenza, individual horses recover at different rates. After about 30 days of complete rest, only light exercise is recommended for a further 30 days, then fitness should be built up by gradually increasing work.
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