First Flight (medical research horse)

This article is about the medical research horse used to develop the first botulinum antitoxin. For the 1940s champion racehorse, see First Flight (racehorse). For other uses, see First Flight (disambiguation).
First Flight
SexMale
Foaled1967/8
Died17 May 1999
Large Animal Research Facility, Fort Detrick
ColorBlack
OwnerU.S. Army

First Flight was a thoroughbred horse used in the production of the first botulism antitoxin. The horse was used as a research animal between 1978 and 1993 to produce antitoxin for military and civilian personnel. Until the 1990s, serum derived from First Flight was the only source of the antitoxin in the United States.