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At the clinic I am working at, there are multiple phone calls daily wanting information. At this point there really is no information other than don't take your horse around other horses. If you go to a rodeo, training clinic, show, etc....even without your horse, you can still carry it on your person, ie, shoes or clothes. Everyone is just being told to be careful.
Also, there are so many rumors floating around and un-truths. People are beginning to get hysterical...had a person swearing at me on the phone. I put them on hold. Another told me she heard there was a vaccination....grounds over here are being shut down too.
I am sorry for your local barn owner too. this just causes so many problems. Feel bad for her.
Oh so do I. She's a great gal, and I have quite a bit of respect for her. Im hopeing that it will blow pass and she can get back to business and life as normal. There is one confirmed case of EHV in Bremerton. Im not panicking, I havnt taken my horses anywhere but on the local trails so far this year, oh and the beach once. lol I am perfectly happy poking around my moms field. I prefer to ride without an audience!
I dont exactlty look pretty up in the saddle, a little to much extra padding here and there. lol
I think the biggest personal bummer about this situation for me is that the benefit rodeo that I was going to volunteer for is probably going to be shut down for the season. I thought there was no vaccine, that this is a mutated strain, so the vaccine that we have available will not be affective against this particular strain. I try to not pay to much attention to the rumors flying around, I get weekly updates from my Vet, he's awsome at keeping his clients updated on whats going on around here. So I tend to take the rumors with a grain of salt, and if I feel there might be something to them, I just email or call the office.
I think right now the best thing for everyone to do is biosecurity. Seperate water buckets for each horse, same with brushes, tack, paddocks, ect. Thats what Im doing, plus obviously not taking them to public show grounds, or really anywhere where large numbers of equines are. My three, soon to be four, are pretty closed off from outside sources, all except my cousins horse who comes over on some weekends. But we are even stopping that, just to be cautious. Im not overly worried about the new gelding who will be coming home in a couple weeks, as I am his caretaker at his private barn. So I know where he goes, and how he is treated.
It really came as quite a shock to everyone around here. Alot of people were just plainly blindsided by this, and to find out yesterday that we have a confirmed case here in Kitsap county. Well precautions are definately being taken. And I am glad that they are.
Sorry that your having to deal with freaked out clients, and there really is no reason for someone to curse at you over this. Its not like you opened a vial of this crud. So again sorry that your getting brow beat over the phone. Thats not cool.
