Other Animal Disease -- Australia
A Hendra virus vaccine for horses produced by a commercial manufacturer was released on 1 Nov 2012. Vaccination is the single most effective way of reducing the risk of Hendra virus infection in horses. Human infection and death have occurred following high-level exposure to body fluids from an infected horse. Vaccinating horses is an important measure to prevent this occurring and provides a public health and workplace health and safety benefit.
The vaccine has been released under special
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2haYJCE
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