Sleeping Sickness Shots For Garden State Horses: New Jersey Tracks to Provide Free Vaccine; Not Compulsory, Daily Racing Form, 1957-05-01

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Sleeping Sickness Shots For Garden State Horses HorsesNew New Jersey Tracks to Provide Free Vaccinef Not Compulsory CompulsoryCAMDEN CAMDEN N J April 30 Many thor ¬ oughbreds now quartered at Garden State Park for the 25day spring meeting open jng Saturday are being vaccinated against encephalomyelitis or equine sleeping sick ¬ ness This is a precautionary measure instituted jointly by the three major racing associations of New Jersey It is the hope to have all horses racing inv New Jersey innoculated by July 1 or before the germ carrying mosquitos become prevalent prevalentWhile While the vaccination is not compulsory in New Jersey horsemen now at the Cam den track are cooperating and more than 100 thoroughbreds have been given the in ¬ jection Owners or trainers wishing to have the innoculations may do so by registering vith the track veterinarian Doctors Wil iam S Miller and Elwood G Fooder will itthe vaccine if desired or it may be it personal veterinarian of the theoviding oviding the vac vets are 11 hold Sleeping Sickness Shots For Garden State Horses HorsesNew New Jersey Tracks to Provide Free Vaccine Not Compulsory CompulsoryContinued Continued from Page FortyFour FortyFoursoreness soreness The vaccine is injected under the skin on the left side of the horses neck To date the reactions have been most fa ¬ vorable and no horse has been kept out of training as a result resultThe The sleeping sickness disease has been of vital concern to horsemen and track man ¬ agement for quite some time and this joint effort is the latest step to ward off possible contraction contractionAll All trainers on the grounds have been notified of the availability of the vaccine and the services of the track veterinarians by Walter H Donovan executive vicepres ¬ ident of the Garden State Racing Associa ¬ tion Management is hopeful that all stables will utilize them not alone for their own protection but for the protection of others


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