Vaccination Studies against Rabies in Farm and Pet Animals Using Different Immunization Routes
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2016-10
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Indian Veterinary Journal
Abstract
The ef cacy of intradermal route of anti-rabies vaccination in dogs, cattle and goats was evaluated in both pre and post exposure prophylaxis. The intradermal route’s ef cacy of anti rabies vaccine was compared with intramuscular and subcutaneous routes. The intradermal route was found to be economical, cost effective since it requires only 10-20% of volume of the vaccine to produce the immunity as that of intramuscular route. The intradermal produced good immunity on 28th day (dog 4.0 IU/ml, cattle 2.53 IU/ml and goats 2.52 IU/ml) as that of intramuscular route (dog 4.0 IU/ml; Cattle 2.57 IU/ml and Goats 2.60 IU/ml). It will encourage more people to go for anti-rabies vaccination especially for post exposure prophylaxis in farm animals due to its economically cheaper vaccination regimen.
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Rabies, Vaccination, Efcacy, Different routes