A new multivalent (DHPPi/L4R) canine combination vaccine prevents infection, shedding and clinical signs following experimental challenge with four Leptospira serovars
| Autor: | Joanna Illambas, Vickie L. King, Ludmila Chromá, Catrina Stirling, Anne Thomas, Elisabeth Siedek, Jeremy Salt, Gordon Sture, Edita Plevová, Stephen R. Wilson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Urine Kidney Dogs Leptospira Vaccination of dogs Medicine Animals Leptospirosis Dog Diseases Vaccines Combined Bacterial Shedding General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology biology business.industry Vaccination Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Antibodies Bacterial Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Blood Liver Immunology Bacterial Vaccines biology.protein Molecular Medicine Kidney Diseases Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Vaccine. 31(31) |
| ISSN: | 1873-2518 |
| Popis: | Although effective vaccines have been developed against the common Leptospira serovars, they are still reported in clinical cases, while others are increasingly prevalent. The results from four challenge studies following vaccination of dogs with a new combination vaccine (DHPPi/L4R) containing inactivated L. serovars, L. canicola, L. icterohaemorrhagiae, L. bratislava and L. grippotyphosa conducted to satisfy the requirements of the European Pharmacopoeia monograph (01/2008:0447), are reported. Six week old dogs received two vaccinations, three weeks apart, and were challenged 25 days later with different isolates of the L. serovars. Clinical observations were recorded, and blood, urine and tissue samples were collected for analysis. Following challenge, non-vaccinated dogs demonstrated various clinical signs, while no vaccinated dogs were affected; significant differences in mean clinical scores were observed. Measurable antibody titres to each Leptospira antigen were seen in vaccinated dogs 21 days following the first vaccination, with further increases in antibody titres observed following challenge with the respective Leptospira strain. Non-vaccinated dogs remained seronegative until challenge. Leptospira were re-isolated from the blood, urine, kidney and liver of all non-vaccinated dogs following challenge. In contrast no vaccinated dogs had Leptospira re-isolated from the same tissues. Significant differences were seen in number of days with positive isolation (blood and urine) and in number of dogs with positive samples (kidney and liver). In conclusion, vaccination of dogs with the new vaccine induces protective immunity 25 days after second vaccination with protection against infection, renal infection and clinical signs following challenge. |
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