[Jacob-list] Tetanus and horses

[sbennett]

The only disease I've heard connected to horses is sore mouth. My goat 
herd came down with it last year after escaping their pasture and 
rumaging through the neighbor's horse barn. The vet said, 3-4 weeks 
before they break out. It can live in the soil for 7-10 years. It appears 
as blisters or cold sores in and around the mouth and can be transfered 
to the ewes/does teats by their offspring. Humans can get sore mouth as 
well. Its not life threatening and runs its course in 10-14 days (reminds 
me of chicken pox). There is a vaccine, but its a LIVE vaccine and should 
be adminstered by a vet. Once the herd gets over it, they are immune to 
recurrence (people, too, I had it when I was a teenager and didn't get it 
last year when the herd had it, but my son came down with it).

Debbie Bennett
Feral Fibre