Sixteen Chilean flamingos, Phoenicopterus chilensis, 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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1 July 2003
Absence of Humoral Response in Flamingos and Red-Tailed Hawks to Experimental Vaccination with a Killed West Nile Virus Vaccine
Kenneth E. Nusbaum,
James C. Wright,
William B. Johnston,
Andrew B. Allison,
Clayton D. Hilton,
Lydia A. Staggs,
David E. Stallknecht,
Joseph L. Shelnutt
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Avian Diseases
Vol. 47 • No. 3
July 2003
Vol. 47 • No. 3
July 2003
Flamingo
red-tailed hawk
vaccination
West Nile virus