Prevenile West Nile Vaccine Recall

On April 28, 2010, Intervet Schering-Plough initiated a voluntary recall of the West Nile vaccine Prevenile. A list of the serial numbers for involved batches are at www.prevenile.com. The company…

Equine Vaccine Reactions

I finally read your May 2008 issue on vaccines. It contained very good advice. But the reason I have not read it sooner is because, for the past two months,…

West Nile Vaccine Choices

Thanks to a truly quantum leap in the quality of premarket testing, including challenge studies, we have solid information on West Nile vaccines, and there are now five choices. Challenge…

Botulism In Horses

Many people are familiar with the term “botulism” in reference to a form of human food poisoning. The disease can also affect horses and, as in people, it is commonly…

West-Nile Vaccine Choices are Growing

The gold standard for judging the effectiveness of a vaccine is the called the ”challenge test.” In challenge studies, vaccinated animals as well as unvaccinated controls are deliberately exposed to…