Re: RC: Will our team win with one of our best out of the picture?

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/8/00 9:41:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Merryben@aol.com 
writes:

<< I have not ever been nor will I ever be in contention but even I know that 
 you don't vaccinate your horses for anything within a certain time limit 
 before shipping overseas.  I really don't see that USET made the 
 mistake.. >>

The issue here is not a certain time limit, but a vaccine that causes a titre 
that France will not accept, period.  Some vaccines will still have 
detectable titres several years after vaccination--it all depends on the 
individual horse and the particular vaccine.

I'm not specifically familiar with VEE and its vaccine titres, but in 
general, for many diseases, it is not possible to differentiate between a 
vaccine titre and a disease titre, so ANY titre may not be acceptable to 
countries where the disease does not exist.  For other diseases, the 
difference CAN be detected.  I sure don't have all the answers on this 
particular problem, but just wanted to clarify that the problem is the 
vaccine itself, NOT the time frame in which it was administered.

Heidi