Ulrich Wernery, Sunitha Joseph, Rekha Raghavan, Bimbi Dyer, Sara Spendrup
Journal of equine veterinary science 2020 MayOur investigation has shown that multiple vaccinations with inactivated African horse sickness (AHS) vaccines containing all 9 serotypes and produced at the Central Veterinary Research Laboratory in Dubai, UAE, protect horses from AHS. However, the immunization did not prevent African horse sickness fever (AHSF) in approximately 10% of the vaccinated horses despite high enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and virus neutralizing antibodies. African horse sickness fever is a very mild form of AHS with similar clinical signs. From all 6 horses which had developed AHSF, no virus was isolated from EDTA blood withdrawn during the acute phase of infection. Despite high neutralizing antibodies, serotype 9 was detected by polymerase chain reaction in 4 of them. All 6 horses recovered within 72 hours, after they developed mild clinical signs of AHS. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Ulrich Wernery, Sunitha Joseph, Rekha Raghavan, Bimbi Dyer, Sara Spendrup. African Horse Sickness Fever in Vaccinated Horses: Short Communication. Journal of equine veterinary science. 2020 May;88:102967
PMID: 32303305
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