Re: RC: WNV

[Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@mindspring.com>]

There might be an issue if you wanted to take your horse over seas for an FEI
event, but I seriously doubt it would be a problem at an endurance ride. Hell
most states hardly ever check Coggins, much less draw blood for a titer.

Truman

CMNewell wrote:

> >.....otherwise if by chance you would want to transport to some big ride
> >out of the states your horse would test positive and you couldn't prove
> >it was the vaccine causing a false positive
>
> Huh? What ride would be testing horses for West Nile virus?  Besides,
> horses with a natural exposure which don't become ill can carry a
> significant titer. (there were a number of these in areas where horses were
> clinically ill).
>              --CMNewell, DVM
>
> (Vaccinating for WNV in Massachusetts)