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[RC] [Guest] WNV Study - Ridecamp GuestOn Behalf Of Maryanne Stroud Gabbani Uh, Truman. Where in the Middle East? I know that NAMRU, the military medical research unit in Cairo, had established that a vaccine for humans would not be difficult, but according to their website it was not worth the effort. We, in Egypt, only heard about West Nile Virus before you guys by accident because we happened to have a visiting vet with good connections to NAMRU who arranged to test a bunch of horses for different strains of encephalitis about 5 years ago. There wasn't a vaccine until the US companies started marketing it....and many of us opted out of vaccination because a) with our exchange rate it's really expensive; b) how do we know that it is for the same strain of WNV as we have in the Nile Valley (the one in the US is from Israeli geese); and finally c) as far as we could see we were being asked to be guinea pigs and pay for the privilege. All together, it added up to a big "Thank you. No thank you." Now if southern Europe has had a vaccine for WNV, that's another story. Maryanne Cairo, Egypt ========== On Behalf Of Truman Prevatt The rates of treatments required for fully vaccinated and bootered horses my vet had last year leads one to believe that the vaccine is not anywhere near the 90% declared by the vaccine manufacturer. However, this virus is not necessarily new - it has been around for a long time in the middle east and southern Europe. This all makes one wonder what is going on. All I know is just because you have vaccinated, don't think you are completely protected - you are not. You still have to remain vigilant to the signs of WN and call your vet at the first sign and get treatment started ASAP. Truman Ridecamp Guest wrote: Joane Pappas White Thank You Louise! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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