Preparation, Safety and Efficacy of Live Aerosol
Hemorrhagic Septicemia Vaccine in Buffaloes and Cattle
Sajid Mahmood Sajid1,3, Arfan Yousaf1*,
Hamid Irshad2, Muhammad Arif Zafar1 and Saif
ur Rehman1
1Faculty
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University,
Rawalpindi
2Animal
Health Program, Animal Sciences Institute, National Agricultural
Research Center, Islamabad
3Faculty
of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Poonch Rawalakot,
Azad Kashmir
*Corresponding author:
arfanyousaf@uaar.edu.pk
Abstract
Hemorrhagic septicemia (HS) is an acute and
highly contagious disease of water buffaloes and cattle. Financial losses due to
HS made it an important disease. HS control is generally attained with
subcutaneously injected killed vaccines. However, with some other de-merits,
these vaccines provide only short-term protection and are difficult to
administer. In present study, live aerosol vaccine was prepared using live
Pasteurella multocida B:3,4 that was non-pathogenic strain and tested for
efficacy in buffaloes and cattle. The live aerosol vaccine was prepared using
15% trehalose as stabilizer. Safety test of vaccine was conducted in calves.
Each calf was administered 100 times the recommended dose of vaccine through
intra-nasal route. The calves were kept under observation for 14 days.
Vaccinated animals did not show any undesirable reactions. Body temperature
remained normal. Food and water intake were as usual. Results suggestively
exhibited the safety of the vaccine.For efficacy test,
buffaloes and cattle were divided into two groups.
The animals of one group were given live
aerosol HS experimental vaccine at the dose of 1 ml/animal containing 2.7×107
viable organisms through intra-nasal route.
The animals of second group were
injected with commercially available killed HS vaccine at the dose of 3
ml/animal through subcutaneous route. Protective anti-LPS-IHA antibody titer
against P. multocida for live aerosol
vaccine was detectable up to 12-month post vaccination while killed vaccine
titer was detectable up to 6 months. Results revealed that the antibody levels
in animals vaccinated with aerosol vaccine were significantly higher than killed
vaccine. The efficacy of the vaccine was further evaluated using challenge
protection test. Two groups of animals containing vaccinated and
unvaccinated animals were challenged with 1 ml of the diluted broth culture
containing 2×107 viable organism of
P. multocida B:2 that was pathogenic
strain. Observation of both the groups for 14 days revealed that unvaccinated
animals displayed signs of HS disease while animals of vaccinated group
protected against the challenge. Results of challenge protection test confirmed
the efficacy of live aerosol HS vaccine. It was concluded that the live aerosol
vaccine conferred improved protective immunity against P. multocida B:2
infection and reduced frequency of the vaccination in buffaloes and cattle.
To Cite This Article:
Sajid SM, Yousaf A, Irshad H, Zafar MA and Rehman
SU, 2023. Preparation, safety and efficacy of live aerosol hemorrhagic
septicemia vaccine in buffaloes and cattle.
Pak Vet J, 43(3): 449-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2023.044