In general, no - most veterinarians will not vaccinate a horse with a fever because the immune system typically doesn't react as well to the vaccine. It is usually better to wait until a few days after the fever breaks and the infection is resolved before giving vaccines.
probably not much, but they need them either way
Truth or Scare - 2013 Can the Flu Shot Give You the Flu 2-7 was released on: USA: 2013
If you don't vaccinate your horse against Influenza, then he will be more at risk of contracting this highly contagious disease.
go to the shop and buy the antiviral medicine. then give it to the horse on the horse's page.
always let the vet give your pet (in this case horse) a shot
I did and had no problems, plus, I had 3 others with those.
To find a flu shot clinic, check the government website "flu". The site gives information about the flu, how to prevent or treat it if you catch it. There is also a locator on the site to give locations for places that provide vaccines that are near your area.
the flu shot was as painful as a bee sting.
You don't. Go get one at the doctor or pharmacy.
That will only be needed if a new mutation of the swine flu occurs that the current swine flu vaccine isn't able to prevent. In the 2009-2010 flu season in the US two shots were need, the regular seasonal flu shot and the H1N1/09 Swine flu shot. But in the current 2010-2011 flu season in the US, the seasonal flu vaccination contains the vaccine for swine flu in addition to the other varieties of flu that are expected to be circulating. So only one shot is needed this year for protection in the flu season.
So you don't get the flu.
There are many different types of flu and the seasonal flu shot only prevents three of the most likely to be circulating flu viruses. So if you happened to get exposed to a type of flu that wasn't in the vaccination, then you could get sick from it.Another reason might be that you caught the flu before you got the flu shot and so there was not time for the shot to work before you got sick.Another reason might be that you got the shot and then were exposed to the flu before your immune system could give you immunity from the vaccination. It takes around two weeks after getting the vaccination for an adult to have full immunity from it. For children under 10, a series of two vaccinations are needed given approximately a month apart, then it takes another few weeks before the body has developed the full immunity, so exposure during any of those time frames before full immunity can cause illness in those children.