Core Vaccination Guidelines

The AVMA defines core vaccinations as those “that protect from diseases that are endemic to a region, those with potential public health significance, required by law, virulent/highly infectious, and/or those posing a risk of severe disease. Core vaccines have clearly demonstrated efficacy and safety, and thus exhibit a high enough level of patient benefit and low enough level of risk to justify their use in the majority of patients.”  The following equine vaccines meet these criteria and are identified as ‘core’ in these guidelines:

• Tetanus
• Eastern/Western Equine Encephalomyelitis
• West Nile Virus
• Rabies