| publication name | RELATION BETWEEN VACCINATION TIME OF EWES WITH RVFVACCINE AND IMMUNE RESPONSE OF BOTH EWES AND THEIRLAMBS |
|---|---|
| Authors | H. Aidaros1, Mona M.A Ashoub1, Y.F. Metawea1, Hanaa Abd El Kader 2and Halla Kasem |
| year | 2014 |
| keywords | |
| journal | BENHA VETERINARY MEDICAL JOURNAL |
| volume | 26 |
| issue | 2 |
| pages | 101-108 |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | http://www.bvmj.bu.edu.eg/issues/26-2/10.pdf |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
The present study was carried out to identify the effect of vaccination time of pregnant ewes withlocally prepared inactivated Rift Valley Fever (RVF ) vaccine on seroprevalence of RVF-IgGantibodies in both dams and their lambs. 60 serum samples were collected from 3 groups of both ewesand their lambs (30 samples from each) and RVF IgG antibodies were detected using ELISA test, Alsoto detect RVF virus by RT-PCR. The 1st group include dams vaccinated one week before pregnancy,2nd group was vaccinated during the 1st 2 month of gestation, while 3rd group was vaccinated duringthe last 3 to 6 weeks of gestation. Sera were collected from ewes before vaccination, 2, 8, 12 and16weeks after vaccination and from their lambs at age of one month, 2, 2.5, 3 and 3.5 month of age. Ourresults indicated that RVF IgG antibodies only detected in lambs sera born from ewes vaccinatedduring the last 3 to 6 weeks of gestation. Not all vaccinated ewes had the RVF virus-IgG antibodiesagainst inactivated RVF vaccine. All sera collected from both ewes and their lambs were negative forRT-PCR. Our results concluded that the best vaccination time for ewes was during the last 3 to 6weeks of gestation period to achieve the highest immune response for both ewes and their lambs.