Gastroenterology Vaccine
Dogs vaccinated with Ancylostoma caninum exhibit antibody response
Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 14th, 2003
"Infection with Ancylostoma caninum, an intestinal hookworm of dogs, can cause debilitating and potentially life-threatening disease. In the current study, protective immunity to hookworm infection was induced in dogs following vaccination with irradiation-attenuated third-stage larvae (L3) with significant reductions in both worm (p<0.03) and fecal egg counts (p<0.0004) following a challenge infection," scientists in Australia report.
"Vaccination with irradiated L3 and challenge with infective L3 stimulated a dominant antibody response to antigens of...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2003-05-14)
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