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    Re: [RC] WNV-How come titers not done first? - Heidi Smith


    Laura's answer pretty well covered the bases on this one, but I'd add that it isn't any different than the fact that we don't routinely do titers to other diseases prior to vaccination, such as influenza, rhino, tetanus, EEE, WEE, etc.  The titre measures antibody levels, not the presence or absence of the virus itself.  And with most diseases, as Laura pointed out, if the horse has a healthy level of antibodies, then those very same antibodies have gotten rid of any virus that might have been there.
     
    Heidi
     
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    Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:06 PM
    Subject: [RC] WNV-How come titers not done first?

    Heidi & Laura:
     
    Why aren't titers run before a horse is vacinated with WNV vaccine?
    If a horse tiers positve to WNV and is given the vaccine, aren't they in danger
    activating the virus more?
     
    Barb

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    [RC] WNV-How come titers not done first?, Barbara B. Peck