I realize this is probably well known, but I've had a few questions recently and this article is a good start for general information. It is a bit limited and I suggest googling zoonosis and your animal of choice for more details.
Equine_Aficionado 3 points on 2014-12-29 18:41:14
Is it possible to screen an animal for diseases before engaging in sexual contact? For example, are animals typically vaccinated for these diseases? Or would trying to get your horse/dog/llama vaccinated for Leptospirosis (for example) attract unwanted suspicion?
YearningmiceEquus 3 points on 2014-12-29 21:51:49
Well, you certainly could do these things. I don't know what tests there are for each animal. For example, Elk and TB. If you use the cow test on Elk they'll test positive, but they are not sick or carriers.....
I don't see this as being a suspicious question for your vet, though, you could be germ phobic, or really interested in preventing disease....
Most of the zoonotic diseases, in my understanding, are not the kind you can vaccinate for, and are so rare that most folks wouldn't if you could.
Honestly, a thermometer and observation will probably do everything you need to prevent an issue. I am not a vet, or even related to one, so you need to do your own research.
In horses I'd definitely get influenza, eastern encephalitis, rabies and a few other common vaccines, but mostly because they are so bad for your partner..
Ask your vet about transmission to humans(don't have to mention sex) and see what they say for your area, because there are some localized stuff that you won't find easily on the net.
SunTzuSaidThatEquines 3 points on 2014-12-29 22:25:27
Not to mention, a question about "transmission to humans" assumes that you do everything a "normal" person does with a horse...which includes routine contact with or exposure to mucus membranes, saliva, and all the rest. It should give a lot of valuable information for not a lot of risk of exposure.
PonySmoocherEquines! 1 point on 2014-12-30 10:24:01
If a vaccination exists, you as the owner can get it done. Not that I support that view, but you own him or her, right? And you'll pay the vet for the shot, so what business of his would it be anyway? Besides, he'll take the money and do it, he wants to pay off that nice car he bought. I doubt there would be much suspicion in the first place.
Also, you can test animals for quite a lot of these diseases. Some are screened for before a natural breeding is allowed. The stallion owners don't want their 'asset' to fall ill, you know.
YearningmiceEquus 2 points on 2014-12-30 14:05:53
Yea, tbh, be as matter of fact about it as possible.
We all think we're outing ourselves all the time with simple questions but I've yet to have a vet question as to why I want something done. They may recommend something else but in the end they are getting paid.
We are very much overly sensitive to how things can be interpreted and I've found people just don't go there.
PonySmoocherEquines! 1 point on 2014-12-30 14:12:59
You can also look funny the other way around: There was that Japanese guy at the riding school once. When we told him grooming the horse is part of riding, he reluctantly accepted that. He brought disposable gloves from then on, and would wear them for all grooming of his horse.
(LOL!!!)
YearningmiceEquus 2 points on 2014-12-30 16:42:58
Well, if you tap it, wrap it....
PonySmoocherEquines! 1 point on 2014-12-30 16:45:36
/r/zoophilia archive
I realize this is probably well known, but I've had a few questions recently and this article is a good start for general information. It is a bit limited and I suggest googling zoonosis and your animal of choice for more details.
Is it possible to screen an animal for diseases before engaging in sexual contact? For example, are animals typically vaccinated for these diseases? Or would trying to get your horse/dog/llama vaccinated for Leptospirosis (for example) attract unwanted suspicion?
Well, you certainly could do these things. I don't know what tests there are for each animal. For example, Elk and TB. If you use the cow test on Elk they'll test positive, but they are not sick or carriers.....
I don't see this as being a suspicious question for your vet, though, you could be germ phobic, or really interested in preventing disease....
Most of the zoonotic diseases, in my understanding, are not the kind you can vaccinate for, and are so rare that most folks wouldn't if you could.
Honestly, a thermometer and observation will probably do everything you need to prevent an issue. I am not a vet, or even related to one, so you need to do your own research.
In horses I'd definitely get influenza, eastern encephalitis, rabies and a few other common vaccines, but mostly because they are so bad for your partner..
Ask your vet about transmission to humans(don't have to mention sex) and see what they say for your area, because there are some localized stuff that you won't find easily on the net.
Not to mention, a question about "transmission to humans" assumes that you do everything a "normal" person does with a horse...which includes routine contact with or exposure to mucus membranes, saliva, and all the rest. It should give a lot of valuable information for not a lot of risk of exposure.
If a vaccination exists, you as the owner can get it done. Not that I support that view, but you own him or her, right? And you'll pay the vet for the shot, so what business of his would it be anyway? Besides, he'll take the money and do it, he wants to pay off that nice car he bought. I doubt there would be much suspicion in the first place.
Also, you can test animals for quite a lot of these diseases. Some are screened for before a natural breeding is allowed. The stallion owners don't want their 'asset' to fall ill, you know.
Yea, tbh, be as matter of fact about it as possible.
We all think we're outing ourselves all the time with simple questions but I've yet to have a vet question as to why I want something done. They may recommend something else but in the end they are getting paid.
We are very much overly sensitive to how things can be interpreted and I've found people just don't go there.
You can also look funny the other way around: There was that Japanese guy at the riding school once. When we told him grooming the horse is part of riding, he reluctantly accepted that. He brought disposable gloves from then on, and would wear them for all grooming of his horse.
(LOL!!!)
Well, if you tap it, wrap it....
http://i.imgur.com/xEWeGnm.jpg
Size XXL, or GTFO :D
Or that when a horse did a Flehmen Response, he was "barring his teeth".
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