Ridecamp: Re: [RC] West Nile

>After reading it I am undecided as to whether or not to
go ahead 
>with the second shot.? Seems a waste of money, on top of being (at
best) 
>ineffective, and (at worst) dangerous.? On the other hand, it seems
that if 
>there is to be an immune effect at all, it requires the second shot,
and now 
>that I've already gone ahead with the first ...?

>The West Nile vaccine remains completely unproven at this point.?
Ft.
>Dodge has been talking about doing challenge studies since last
year
>but no word on results yet.? Essentially all information on how
the
>vaccine is performing so far is coming from data that Florida 
is
>accumulating on vaccine status of West Nile Horses.? It became
>apparent very quickly that a single dose of the vaccine is not
>protective. The full series called for 2 injections three weeks
apart.



My vet calls for the second shot to be four weeks after the first. 
My entire
herd has now had the initial shot and a booster at 4 weeks with no ill
effects
noted at all.

Amber



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