EEE, WNV Vaccinations Do Not Interfere With Disease Testing
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
February 17, 2017
None of the samples from recently vaccinated horses had antibody titers close to the value cutoff for true disease.
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None of the samples from recently vaccinated horses had antibody titers close to the value cutoff for true disease.
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