Absence of Humoral Response in Flamingos and Red-Tailed Hawks to Experimental Vaccination with a Killed West Nile Virus Vaccine

Kenneth E. Nusbaum(Auburn University), James C. Wright(Auburn University), William Johnston(Alabama Department of Public Health), Andrew B. Allison(University of Georgia), Clayton D. Hilton(Auburn University), Lydia Staggs(Auburn University), David E. Stallknecht(University of Georgia), Joseph L. Shelnutt(Auburn University)
Avian Diseases
July 1, 2003
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Abstract

Sixteen Chilean flamingos, Phoenicopterus chiles, and 10 red-tailed hawks, Buteo jamacensis, were vaccinated in the pectoral muscle with 0.2 ml of a commercially produced killed West Nile virus vaccine intended for use in horses. Half the birds of each species received a booster vaccination 3 weeks after the first injection. Three weeks after the booster vaccination, none of 13 birds surveyed had detectable antibody to West Nile virus.


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