DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD PROTOCOLS FOR PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF LIVER
HOMOGENATE VACCINES AGAINST HYDROPERICARDIUM SYNDROME VIRUS IN POULTRY
SAHIDULLAH, SADEEQ-UR-RAHMAN, M.RABBANI1, M. KAMAL
SHAH2,
S. NASEEM1,
S. H. KHAN2 AND K. MUHAMMAD1
1Department
of Microbiology, University
of Veterinary
and Animal Sciences, Lahore; 2Department
of Animal Health, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar,
Pakistan
Abstract
Twelve different vaccines were prepared from hydropericardium syndrome (HPS)
infected liver homogenate by using two different virus concentrations (1x102
and 1x103 ALD50) and two virus inactivants (0.1% formalinand 0.01% binary ethyleneimine) with and with out different adjuvants.
These vaccines were evaluated in 13 groups of broilers (8 in each group) for
their comparative immunogenicity and protection. At day 14 of age, chicks of
groups A1, B1, C1 and D1 were vaccinated with 4 oil based vaccines (OB-HPSV)
with two different virus concentrations (1x102 &1x103
ALD50) and two different inactivants (0.1% formalinand 0.01% binary ethyleneimine), respectively. Chicks of groups A2, B2,
C2 and D2 were vaccinated with 4 aluminized
vaccines (AH-HPSV) using two virus concentrations and two inactivants.
Similarly, chicks of groups A3, B3, C3 and D3 were vaccinated with non
adjuvanted vaccines (NA-HPSV) with two virus concentrations and two inactivants.
Group E was kept as unvaccinated control.All the vaccinated birds were found sero-positive 7 days post vaccination
(PV). IHA GMT results indicated no difference for different virus concentrations
and different virus inactivants with same adjuvant (P>0.05). The IHA GMT
recorded weekly during 0-28 days PV was the highest and more consistent (52-181)
for OB-HPSV, followed by AH-HPSV (52-147) and NA-HPSV (73.3-104). The protection
recorded for OB-HPSV vaccine was 100%, for AH-HPSV vaccine it 87.5% and with
NA-HPSV vaccine it was 62.5% when challenged at 21 days post vaccination (PV).
It was concluded that 1x102 ALD50 oil based vaccines
inactivated with either formalin or binary ethyleneimine can be recommended for
commercial use.
Key words: Hydropericardium syndrome, ALD50,
oil based vaccine, alum based vaccine, protection.