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
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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, Efcacy, Different routes
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