> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fort Dodge Animal Health - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/fort-dodge-animal-health/ - Published: 1999-01-02T16:05:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-02T17:02:16.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **Fort Dodge Animal Health** is an American pharmaceutical manufacturing company based in Overland Park, Kansas. ## History Scientists at Fort Dodge Laboratories and the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Centers-for-Disease-Control-and-Prevention) developed a DNA vaccine against West Nile virus (WNV).[\[1\]](#fn1) It was licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on July 18, 2005, becoming the first DNA vaccine approved by a regulatory agency for either veterinary or human use.[\[2\]](#fn2)[\[3\]](#fn3) ## External links - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fort-dodge-animal-health/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyeth#Fort%5FDodge%5FAnimal%5FHealth) --- 1. Davis, B. S., Chang, G.-J. J., Cropp, B., Roehrig, J. T., Martin, D. A., Mitchell, C. J., Bowen, R., & Bunning, M. L. (2001). West Nile Virus Recombinant DNA Vaccine Protects Mouse and Horse from Virus Challenge and Expresses In Vitro a Noninfectious Recombinant Antigen That Can Be Used in Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays.*Journal of Virology, 75*(9), 4040–4047\. [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. Lu, S., Grimes-Serrano, J. M., & Wang, S. (2009). DNA Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases. *Elsevier EBooks,* 93–114\. [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. Barakat, C. (2020, December 15). *The equine contribution to the new CoVID-19 vaccine.* Equus Magazine. [↩︎](#fnref3)