Absence of humoral response in flamingos and red-tailed hawks to experimental vaccination with a killed West Nile virus vaccine.
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.
Nusbaum
Kenneth E
KE
Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA.
Wright
James C
JC
Johnston
William B
WB
Allison
Andrew B
AB
Hilton
Clayton D
CD
Staggs
Lydia A
LA
Stallknecht
David E
DE
Shelnutt
Joseph L
JL
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001717:Birds; D005260:Female; D007117:Immunization, Secondary / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009500:Neutralization Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D020304:Raptors; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014765:Viral Vaccines