Strategies to Enhance Vaccine Efficiency
When it comes to protection from infectious diseases, the best defense is a good offense. Not only is a strategic vaccination program important, but the housing and handling of horses on a farm can...
View ArticleVaccinations for Youngsters
Protecting tender immune systems against disease is the surest way to ensure the young horse doesn't fall victim to either temporarily uncomfortable or life-ending infections. Even though foals receive...
View ArticleWhat’s New in Equine Vaccines
Equine vaccination is complicated, and many factors affecting immunity and vaccination provide possibilities for new technologies and ways to vaccinate horses. Tomorrow’s vaccine technology and...
View ArticleControlling Strangles in Horses
Strangles is a highly contagious disease that affects lymph nodes and potentially other organs in the horse. Researchers are working on effective vaccines, but management strategies are even more...
View ArticleInfluenza Vaccination
Equine influenza is a common respiratory infection. There are vaccinations against equine flu, but are all vaccines created equally? For the latest news from researchers on equine influenza, read on....
View ArticleEquine Encephalitis:The Ever-Present Threat
Before WNV reached North American shores, there were two other forms of viral encephalitis for horse owners to worry about. Eastern, Western and Venezuelan equine encephalitis are killers, but...
View ArticleVaccines for Horses: Defending Against Disease
The idea of a vaccine is to get the immune system to mount a response against a pathogenic invader while saving the horse from suffering disease symptoms that at best are uncomfortable and...
View ArticleCrossing Boundaries: Broodmare Vaccination
Vaccination of broodmares is just one part of a complete disease prevention program, but its importance should not be underestimated. Immunization is one of the least expensive, and most effective,...
View ArticleWest Nile Virus: Threat and Response
For a graphic demonstration of the value of vaccination, look no further than West Nile virus (WNV). Sponsored by Fort Dodge Animal Health The post West Nile Virus: Threat and Response appeared first...
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