Replies to post #63438 on Biotech Values

[Biowatch]

>surrogate virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV).<

It may serve as a surrogate in the sense that if the vaccine doesn't work in that setting, culling the herd is the standard of care. :-(

http://producer.wisdairy.com/dairyresources/userfiles/bvdv.htm

In other words, they may use that as a surrogate for the same reason they don't expose humans to anthrax when testing the efficacy of potential anthrax vaccines.

That and there is a separate market for BVDV vaccines...