Researchers Test WNV Vaccines

by: Chad Mendell, TheHorse.com Managing Editor
In a recent study, University of Florida researchers evaluated the effectiveness of three commercially available equine West Nile virus (WNV) vaccines. While all vaccinated horses, irrespective of the vaccine administered, did not develop viremia and all survived a severe challenge model of WNV-induced encephalomyelitis (in this case, WNV was introduced directly into the spinal fluid), only ...