FOAL VACCINATION SCHEDULE
(Based on AAEP Guidelines)
| 4 Months |
WNV/T/E 1 |
| 5 Months |
WNV/T/E
2 PHF 1 |
| 6 Months |
PHF 2,
Rabies
1 FR 1 |
| 7 Months |
Rabies 2
FR 2 |
| 8 Months |
Strangles IN 1 |
| 9 Months |
Strangles IN 2 |
| 10 Months |
Strangles IN 3 |
| 11 Months |
Rabies
FR |
| 12 Months |
WNV/T/E
PHF |
|
- All boosters should be scheduled approx 4 weeks after initial dose.
- All vaccines are series of 2 immunizations (initial and 1 booster), except Strangles IN,
which has 3 (initial and 2 boosters)
- Yearlings then go on annual schedule after their 12 month vaccines.
Not ALL foals need ALL vaccines, optional risk-based vaccines are FR, PHF, and Strangles.
Core required vaccines are Rabies, WNV/T/E. Criteria for vaccination for FR, PHF, and
Strangles are listed below.
- FR & Strangles: should be vaccinated if traveling, showing, living at a barn with large
numbers of horses traveling, showing. Risk is coming into contact with large numbers of
horses other than those kept on the farm.
- PHF: should be vaccinated if there is standing water on or near the property. Mayflies
that breed in and around standing water transmit the disease.
| WNV |
West Nile Virus Vaccine |
| T |
Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine |
| E |
Encephalomyelitis Vaccine (Eastern & Western Sub Types) |
| PHF |
Potomac Horse Fever Vaccine |
| FR |
Equine Rhinopneumonitis-Influenza Vaccine |
| Strangles IN |
Streptococcus Equi Vaccine (IN=Intra Nasal) |
