[MPWG] Fw: NWFP-Digest-L No. 1/08

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Below is an excerpt from the latest NWFP Digest - the full Digest is 
available at: www.fao.org/forestry/site/12980/en

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NWFP-Digest-L
No. 1/08
 
Welcome to the first issue of 2008 of FAO’s NWFP-Digest-L, a free e-mail 
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3.         Ginseng aids vaccination response in horses
Source: Horsetalk, Canterbury, New Zealand, 1 January 2008
 
Ginseng, revered as a human tonic for centuries, has been found to have 
beneficial properties in horses. Work undertaken at the Equine Research 
Centre at the University of Guelph in Canada has shown that low doses of 
ginseng in the lead-up to an inoculation improves a horse's antibody 
response when they receive a vaccination for equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1). 
The American ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) made the vaccination more 
effective. 
            Researchers Wendy Pearson (Geulph), Semir Omar (University of 
Ottawa), and Andrew Clarke (University of Melbourne) undertook the 
research to determine if ginseng fed at low levels enhanced a horse's 
antibody response to the vaccine.
For full story, please see: 
http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2008/01/002.shtml
 

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