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Foot and Mouth Disease
Recent studies by N. Goris and co-authors add new data to foot and mouth disease findings
September 3rd, 2008
"Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine potency testing has historically been performed by experimentally infecting vaccinated cattle. A few alternative approaches to the in vivo challenge test based on the correlation between serum titres of primo-vaccinated cattle and protection against infection have been proposed, but none have been accepted by the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph.Eur.) due to the lack of statistical power and the pooling of data over time," scientists in Groeselenberg, Belgium report. "The present study addresses these issues and presents data of 150 cattle vaccinated according to Ph.Eur. standards. Four laboratories took part in the serological testing...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-09-03)
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