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[RC] WNV - k s swigartI am curious. For those of you who have their horses in areas where WNV has established itself...do you still vaccinate for the disease? It seems to me (although here my understanding may be wrong), that if my horses live in the place where the disease is endemic (which I understand is the case in Florida), then my horses would be constantly being exposed to the disease and getting "innoculated" by being constantly exposed to the disease in the environment and constantly be producing antibodies to ward it off. What purpose then, in doing booster shots? I can understand doing the initial series (and Ido them on my horses, not because I think they are at risk here in California right now, but because I may be taking them to places where they might be at risk) to provide the horse with immunity before the first time it is exposed to the disease so that it can mount a sophisticated response the first time it is exposed. It seems to me, that horses in Florida (and other places....like the West Nile for example...where the disease is endemic) are no longer "naive populations" (whether they have been vaccinated or not); and it is only naive populations that are particularly susceptible to the disease. Am I misunderstanding something? kat Orange County, Calif. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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