Tonythetiger
1k posts, incept 2019-01-27
2023-03-25 20:00:34
Apparently Big Pharma knows no bounds in their search for obscene profits.
There is now a genetic based vaccine for a viral disease in rabbits, available under an EUA (because rabbit disease is an obvious Emergency) and pending FDA approval.
https://rabbit.org/2022/01/faq-for-medge....Quote:
this (recombinant) vaccine does not involve any infectious virus or whole viral particles and cannot cause viral shedding in vaccinated animals. However, if a vaccinated animal is infected with RHD, it may shed virus without showing symptoms.
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In ... preliminary tests, all vaccinated rabbits survived a challenge which means that researchers intentionally injected the live virus that causes RHD into rabbits who had been fully vaccinated with Medgenes vaccine; 100% of vaccinated rabbits survived this challenge in laboratory conditions.
Should we expect another Marek's disease scenario in rabbit populations going forward?
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