https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/14818/equine-grass-sickness-vaccine I read with interest the article in the most recent Vet Times about the EGS vaccine, but I&#39;m intrigued as to how you can create a vaccine for a disease if you don&#39;t know what causes it. Does anyone have any ideas? en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/86131?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:03:21 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:985794e5-b267-416c-bf15-cfdba84d9b0eAnthony Dennison<p>I&#39;ve just read this article, is it far too cynical of me to link it to the release date of that issue of the Vet Times? (1st April...)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/85979?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:09:14 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:dcab8cdd-858b-4bba-be6a-f26195427c7fMichael Woodhouse<p>How would you test the efficacy of a vaccine for a disease with an uncertain cause and sporadic onset? </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/85977?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:52:47 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:aa19cb0b-03e0-4a0c-a43d-3dbb53600f91Hanna Bennett<p>glad it wasn&#39;t just me - i read the article thinking &#39;oh, what is the cause then?&#39; </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/85974?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:32:58 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c7b29e45-732f-44a4-9a8c-a4c5f4a4af53mariette asselbergs<p>I thought they suspected Cl botulinum as a cause sand then you might be able to do something with an anti toxin vaccine.</p> <p>Pure speculation from my side though!</p> <p>Mariette</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/85872?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:55:13 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:87473dde-58e5-4902-95d8-f07037c129edjames herriot lied<p>Ask a homeopath - they seem to manage OK&nbsp;<img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/Winking_smiley.gif" alt="Wink" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>