Leo at the Vet / Equine Flu Outbreak / Nasal Vac.

Saturday, 1/23/2010 started out w/ Leo not eating his breakfast!!!!( Leo is a voracious eater, so something is Very wrong!).........SO! Off to Cottonwood Vet Clinic we go!!!! Dr. Hooten was the vet on Sat duty, & here he is listening for Sand! & he did not find any! Blood was drawn for testing. Leo was put into the stocks.......& after some other 'gathering' of stuff to test....... the blood work was done & Dr. Hooten is reading the results to Linda R. Everything came back GOOD, but Dr. Hooten could see that Leo was Not feeling well & was definitely uncomfortable & gave him some banamine.

There is an equine flu outbreak HERE, in Cottonwood! Dr. Gray reports that; he has treated dozens of horses sick w/ the flu in the past month, BUT, the number of horses being treated for the equine flu has picked in the past week alone! He also said; that we haven't seen anything like this in a long time. The outbreak of equine flu in the Cottonwood & Red Bluff area has sickened 70 horse & has killed 3! (in Cottonwood) The nasal vaccine protects the horse within 24 hours so, that is the best way to get your horse protected the fastest! The nasal vac. is $22.00 per unit w/ a discount to $19.00 for a purchase of 10 or more! Safe Haven purchased 11 of the vaccines & w/ Adopted Owners purchasing for their horses & some for Safe Haven horses, we were able to administer 19 nasal vacs yesterday! We see Holly (Lovey's adoptive Mom) mixing the nasal vac.

Bonnie (Flower & Toni's adoptive Mom & Billy's Savior) also helped w/ the mixing & the giving!

We had a list of all Safe Haven horses & decided; the older ones, & lesson horses first, as they are the most exposed. Volunteer Heather is holding the vaccines, I'm recording the ones done, Holly & Bonnie are administrating, Lisa & Michael are collecting the used ones.

& Flower is exhibiting her opinion of the nasal vaccine!!! That was the consensus of most of the 19!!!
We are asking for donations to help Safe Haven vaccinate for this outbreak, we are checking for cheaper places to buy them locally, we are looking on the Internet, we are doing whatever it takes to protect Safe Haven Horses!!! If you would like to help; you can use the Pay Pal button on the front page of this blog, no amount too small! Thank You for helping Safe Haven Horse Rescue in this very urgent matter, as we are in the heart of the outbreak!

Bye for now,

Linda C.

PS. Quotes from Dr. Gray are from an article by Damon Arthur, Dylan Darling, The Redding Record Searchlight / Redding.com posted1/22/10