A new polyvalent vaccine against enteral infections in newborn calves

The most frequent microbial causative agents of massive diarrheas in new-born calves kept on large cattle farms in the CSSR are rotaviruses, coronaviruses and enterotoxigenic strains of E. coli, manifesting themselves as complicated virus-bacterial infections. An inactivated polyvalent adjuvant vaccine has been developed for the prevention and specific prophylaxis of these enteral infections; the vaccine contains bovine rotavirus, bovine coronavirus and three enterotoxigenic serotypes of E. coli with protective antigen K 99. The rotavirus and coronavirus are propagated on the stable cellular line MDBK and inactivated with 0.2% formalin, the Escherichia strains are submersed in the MINCA culture medium during their cultivation and inactivated with 0.5% formalin. The vaccine was prepared as a blend of the same amounts of rotavirus and coronavirus and of such an amount of bacterin so that 1 ml of the vaccine will contain 10(9) bacteria. One part of oil adjuvant was added to five parts of the virus-bacterial blend and the blend was homogenized in the Ultraturax apparatus. The vaccine is to be used for immunization of pregnant cows and heifers; in these animals it induces the production of specific antibodies to all antigens contained in the vaccine. Its immunogenic effects were checked in 32 calves and 38 cows in the herds with the occurrence of diarrheas caused by both enteropathogenic viruses and enterotoxigenic escherichia. It was demonstrated that the inactivation did not influence in either of the viruses the process of inducing the production of specific antibodies, and the antibody response of the calves and heifers after application of 2 ml of complete inactivated vaccine was equally strong as after application of live vaccine containing only rotavirus and coronavirus. The level of the rotavirus antibodies increased on the average 30 times and 200 times, coronavirus antibodies twice and four times. The antibody response to coronavirus was negatively influenced by the relatively high levels of antibodies before vaccination. The antibody response to antigen K 99 was expressive in all cases.     

Effect of vaccination of the dam on rotavirus infection in young calves

Vaccination of cows with a combined, inactivated, adjuvanted rotavirus and Escherichia coli vaccine resulted in increased neutralising antibody titres to rotavirus in serum and colostral whey. Evidence was obtained that vaccination resulted in a decreased incidence of rotavirus shedding and of abnormal faeces or diarrhoea in young calves fed colostrum and milk from the vaccinated dams. The E coli component of the vaccine was not evaluated because no natural challenge was evident.     

Stimulation of serum antibody formation in pigs by oral, subcutaneous or combined administration of live porcine rotaviruses or intramuscular inoculation of inactivated porcine rotaviruses in an oil adjuvant]

Only live vaccines prepared from attenuated strains have been used for the specific prophylaxis of rotavirus infections in pigs. These vaccines are administered to sows per os or parenterally to increase the content of antibodies in the blood serum, colostrum and milk, and in this way to provide for the better passive protection of suckling piglets through the maternal antibodies, or to induce the active immunity by pig vaccination. The data on the efficiency of live vaccines administered in both ways differ as to their ability to stimulate significantly increases in the actual levels of antibodies in sows and also as to the possibility of inducing the protection of vaccinated pigs from virulent virus infection. The objective of our trials was to compare the intensity of antibody response evoked by pig vaccination with live virus if the virus was implanted in different ways, and by vaccination with inactivated virus emulsified in oil adjuvant. The live vaccine consisted of a suspension of porcine rotavirus, strain OSU/6, cultivated in MA-104 culture medium with the content of 10(7) TKID50.ml-1, the inactivated vaccine was the identical virus suspension inactivated by an addition of 0.2% formaldehyde during 24 hours at a temperature of 37 degrees C, emulsified in oil adjuvant by means of an ULTRATURAX equipment at a 4:1 ratio.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Effect of oral rotavirus/iscom vaccines on immune responses in gnotobiotic lambs.

A comparison of the effect on the immune responses in gnotobiotic lambs was made between an iscom vaccine prepared from recombinant rotavirus VP6 protein, an inactivated rotavirus/iscom-matrix vaccine and a vaccine comprising inactivated rotavirus alone. All three vaccines induced immunological priming and some degree of protection was observed after a single oral dose. However, different immune responses were induced in response to a virulent infection. The group vaccinated with the rotavirus/iscom-matrix vaccine showed a Th2-like response characterised by rotavirus-specific antibodies and a down-regulation of IFNgamma in jejunal Peyer's patches. Both Th1-like and Th2-like immune responses were induced in the group receiving the VP6 vaccine as seen by significantly increased expressions of IFNgamma and IL-6 in the jejunal Peyer's patch together with an increased percentage of CD8+ T cells in the intestine and rotavirus-specific antibodies at mucosal surfaces. Iscom vaccines given orally have the ability to induce both Th1-like and Th2-like immune responses in a ruminant model.     

Immune response of pregnant cows to bovine rotavirus immunization

Fifteen pregnant Holstein cows were freely assigned to 3 experimental groups (5 cows in each group). Cows in group I were inoculated IM and intramammarily (IMm) with Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) tissue culture-propagated modified-live Nebraska calf diarrhea bovine rotavirus with added adjuvant (OARDC vaccine-immunized cows). Group II cows were given IM injections of a commercial modified-live rotavirus-coronavirus vaccine (commercial vaccine-immunized cows), and the remaining 5 cows were noninoculated controls (group III). Rotavirus antibody in colostrum and milk was mainly associated with immunoglobulin (Ig)G1, and less so with IgG2, IgA, and IgM, as analyzed by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), using monospecific anti-bovine IgG1, IgG2, IgM, and IgA sera. In serum, the rotavirus antibody was distributed almost equally between IgG1 and IgG2. The same relationships appeared in both immunized and nonvaccinated cows. All OARDC vaccine-injected cows had virus-neutralization (VN) and ELISA IgG1 rotavirus antibody titers in serum and mammary secretions at significantly increased levels (at least 100-fold; P less than 0.05) compared with the titers in groups II (commercial vaccine-immunized cows) and III (controls). Serum, colostrum, and milk antibody titers from these latter 2 groups did not differ statistically. The ELISA IgG2, IgA, and IgM rotavirus antibody titers also were significantly greater in mammary secretions from OARDC vaccine-immunized cows than in groups II and III cows. There was a high correlation between ELISA IgG1 and VN rotavirus antibody titers for all samples tested (r = 0.97, P less than 0.001), but ELISA IgG1 antibody titers were consistently higher than VN titers. The ELISA IgG1 and VN antibody titers of milk samples collected from cows 30 days after parturition were higher from the OARDC vaccine-immunized cows (ELISA IgG1, geometric mean titer (GMT) = 3,511; VN GMT = 1,689) than were titers from the group II cows (ELISA IgG1 GMT = 39; VN GMT = 33) or group III cows (ELISA IgG1 GMT = 21; VN GMT = 19). These results indicate that IM plus IMm immunization of pregnant cows, using modified-live bovine rotavirus with added adjuvant, may significantly enhance serum, colostrum, and milk rotavirus antibody titers, whereas IM vaccinal inoculation of pregnant cows with a commercial modified-live rotavirus-coronavirus vaccine may not.     

Evaluation of a combined rotavirus and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli vaccine in cattle

A vaccine of rotavirus and K99 antigen from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli was emulsified in oil adjuvant and administered intramuscularly to pregnant cows. Calves born to and reared on vaccinated dams were protected against experimental rotavirus infection at five days old when compared with calves from unvaccinated control cows. Field trials of the vaccine were carried out in 40 commercial herds, in which half the cows in each herd were selected at random for vaccination and half were left unvaccinated. In 31 herds (2641 cows) there was no significant diarrhoea problem (less than 10 per cent morbidity); these herds were excluded from further analysis. The nine remaining herds did experience a calf diarrhoea problem of greater than 10 per cent morbidity, but on four farms the disease was associated with cryptosporidiosis and on a fifth no enteropathogens were detected; these five farms (461 cows) were also excluded from further analysis. Of the remaining four herds, two beef suckler herds (105 cows) had concurrent rotavirus and cryptosporidial infections, and vaccination was associated with a decreased excretion of rotavirus but not with a decreased incidence of diarrhoea. In the other two dairy herds (68 cows) with prevaccination rotavirus problems, there was a significantly decreased incidence of diarrhoea in calves born to vaccinated cows. No natural field challenge of enterotoxigenic E coli was encountered on any of the trial farms.     

A:L1型鸭源多杀性巴氏杆菌灭活疫苗制备及免疫效力研究

【目的】制备鸭多杀性巴氏杆菌灭活疫苗,有效控制贵州省鸭多杀性巴氏杆菌发生和流行。【方法】以实验室分离保存的A：L1型多杀性巴氏杆菌地方流行株为菌种,通过涂板法测定该菌株生长曲线,并采用改良寇氏法计算该菌株对鸭的半数致死量（median lethal dose,LD₅₀）,将该菌培养至终浓度为1×10¹⁰ CFU/mL后分别制备白油佐剂灭活疫苗和卡波姆佐剂灭活疫苗,经疫苗质量检验后进行免疫雏鸭试验;通过攻毒保护试验评价比较两种疫苗的保护率,并对攻毒试验鸭肝脏、肺脏、脾脏进行病理组织学观察。【结果】A：L1型多杀性巴氏杆菌疫苗株培养至18 h到达峰值,活菌数可达1.0×10¹⁰ CFU/mL;LD₅₀为5 CFU;制备的两种疫苗安全性良好;攻毒保护试验结果显示,一免后卡波姆佐剂灭活疫苗免疫保护率可达62.5%,高于白油佐剂灭活疫苗（50.0%）及商品灭活疫苗（50.0%）。二免后卡波姆佐剂灭活疫苗优势更为明显,免疫保护率可达87.5%,高于白油佐剂灭活疫苗（75.0%）及商品灭活疫苗（62.5%）。病理组织学结果显示,一免后卡波姆佐剂灭活疫苗能对肺脏提供较好的保护效果,二免后在肝脏、肺脏和脾脏的保护效果上,卡波姆佐剂灭活疫苗组优势明显。【结论】利用贵州地区流行的A：L1型菌株所制备的卡波姆佐剂灭活疫苗免疫效果明显,能对贵州地区多杀性巴氏杆菌病的防控起到重要作用。     

5种塞内卡病毒灭活疫苗佐剂的比较研究

为研究比较5种塞内卡病毒疫苗佐剂,分别用4种自主研发佐剂和进口ISA206佐剂配制塞内卡病毒灭活疫苗,检测疫苗的理化性质、安全性及免疫效力,并对检测结果进行对比分析。结果显示,进口ISA206佐剂疫苗黏度为43.02 cP,自主研发佐剂疫苗黏度均在27.88 cP以下,其他理化性质无差异;5批疫苗安全性试验均未见明显异常;5批疫苗免疫动物后均可诱导机体产生中和抗体,二免后14 d抗体滴度在2¹¹以上,4批自主研发佐剂疫苗免疫组抗体滴度水平高于进口ISA206佐剂疫苗约1个滴度,攻毒保护结果均在4/5以上,2批自主研发佐剂疫苗免疫组保护率可达5/5。结果表明,用4种自主研发佐剂制备的塞内卡病毒灭活疫苗质量不低于用进口ISA206佐剂制备的塞内卡病毒灭活疫苗。     

猪圆环病毒2型灭活疫苗免疫佐剂的比较试验

以猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)遗传标记毒株为毒种,经细胞培养传代,优化了病毒增殖条件,获得较高滴度的病毒培养物用于PCV2灭活疫苗的研制。为了比较不同免疫佐剂的效果,本试验对国产矿物质白油和铝胶两种佐剂以及赛比克公司提供的MONTANIDETMISA206、ISA15VG、IMS1315VG3种佐剂配制的灭活疫苗进行了猪体免疫试验。通过临床观察、血清抗体效价测定,确认ISA15VG佐剂配制的疫苗在增强免疫效果方面优于其它佐剂。按5种佐剂免疫效果排序为ISA15VG、IMS1315VG、铝胶、ISA206、国产白油。ISA15VG佐剂属于水包油剂型,可刺激接种动物产生快速免疫应答反应,抗体产生效价高、持续时间长,有可能成为新型PCV2灭活疫苗佐剂的候选。     

猪丹毒丝菌灭活疫苗免疫佐剂的筛选

旨在筛选适宜于猪丹毒丝菌灭活疫苗的佐剂。以分离鉴定出的猪丹毒丝菌1a型HG-1株灭活菌体为抗原分别配制矿物油佐剂疫苗（简称矿物油疫苗）、氢氧化铝胶佐剂疫苗（简称铝胶疫苗）、ISA201双相油乳佐剂疫苗（简称ISA201疫苗）、GEL02水溶性聚合物佐剂疫苗（简称GEL疫苗）、IMS1313水溶性纳米佐剂疫苗（简称IMS1313疫苗）共5种佐剂的灭活疫苗。小鼠免疫保护试验结果表明,二免14 d后使用约为4 LD₅₀的HG-1株对小鼠进行腹腔攻毒,矿物油疫苗和GEL疫苗的保护率分别为100%（7/7）和71%（5/7）,其他三种佐剂疫苗的保护率均为14%（1/7）。本研究进一步选择铝胶疫苗和GEL疫苗进行猪体对比试验;仔猪安全性试验结果表明,两种佐剂疫苗的副反应均较小;免疫保护试验结果表明,两次免疫后使用约为16 LD₁₀₀的HG-1株对免疫仔猪进行耳缘静脉攻毒,两种佐剂疫苗的保护率分别为60%（3/5）和100%（5/5）。本研究最终选择GEL佐剂作为开发猪丹毒灭活疫苗的最适佐剂。     

Laboratory trials with inactivated vaccines against Escherichia coli (O2:K1) infection in fowls.

Laboratory trials were carried out with an O2:K1 vaccine prepared with either the Freund's complete or incomplete adjuvant. Both types of vaccine administered subcutaneously were highly effective against a challenge with the vaccine strain within three to four weeks after vaccination at two to three weeks of age. The complete adjuvant vaccine was more effective than the incomplete adjuvant vaccine when administered to chickens of an earlier age, and in the rate of development and duration of immunity. The efficacy of both vaccines was unimpaired by their incorporation with the Newcastle disease oil adjuvant (inactivated) vaccine (Newcadin). The use of an oil adjuvant vaccine was not found to affect the rate of growth adversely or to produce any other reaction prejudicial to its commerical application. The efficacy of the vaccines was unimpaired by their incorporation with Newcastle disease oil adjuvant (inactivated) vaccine (Newcadin) thus demonstrating the possibility of producing a combined Escherichia coli/Newcastle disease virus vaccine.     

Preparation and evaluation of inactivated avian Metapneumovirus vaccine from recently isolated Egyptian strain

Inactivated avian Metapneumovirus (aMPV) or turkey rhinotracheitis (TRT) virus vaccine was prepared from an Egyptian strain (Giza TRT-4). The virus was propagated in Vero cells and inactivated by binary ethyleneimine. The inactivated virus solution was tested for its sterility, purity, and safety. Then, it was mixed withNigella sativa oil as nonspecific immune-stimulant adjuvant. Physical characterization of oil prepared vaccine like viscosity and emulsion stability was investigated. An experiment was designed to evaluate the locally prepared aMPV vaccine in a comparison to commercial vaccines either inactivated or live attenuated. The obtained results showed that the locally prepared aMPV vaccine gave significantly higher humoral immune response when measured by ELISA and significantly higher cell mediated immunity by evaluating phagocytic activity of inoculated turkey poults with higher protection rate reached up to 100% after challenge with wild-type virus.     

Influence of immunomodulatory agents on bovine humoral and cellular immune responses to parenteral inoculation with bovine rotavirus vaccines

Sodium diethyldithiocarbamate (DTC), mycobacterium cell wall extract (MCWE, Regressin), killed Corynebacterium parvum (C. parvum, Immunoregulin) and muramyldipeptide (MDP) were each combined with purified, live bovine rotavirus and inoculated into 3 month-old Holstein-Friesian calves in order to examine their ability to potentiate specific humoral and cellular immune responses. The vaccinated calves were boosted twice at 3 and 6 weeks after initial vaccine inoculation. The rotavirus was administered intramuscularly either in an aqueous suspension or in a water-in-oil (WIO) emulsion, prepared with incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA). DTC and C. parvum were given by the intravenous route, while MCWE and MDP were incorporated directly in the rotavirus suspension. Two groups of calves were also vaccinated either with rotavirus and IFA or with rotavirus emulsified in mineral oil and a mannide oleate compound (MOC, Montanide 888). A control group of calves was given phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) solution emulsified with IFA. The different vaccine preparations were then compared by studying the kinetics of serum rotavirus-neutralizing antibody production and of proliferative response by blood lymphocytes following in vitro stimulation with bovine rotavirus. The results showed that: (1) the bovine rotavirus should be incorporated in a WIO emulsion in order to induce a cell-mediated immune response as detected by the rotavirus-specific in vitro stimulation test with blood lymphocytes, and to produce higher neutralizing antibody titers in the serum; (2) the vaccines prepared with the mineral oil-MOC complex or IFA both induced comparable levels of humoral and cellular immune responses. The use of mineral oil and MOC as adjuvant may be preferred to IFA, because of the facility of preparing the vaccine and of the low viscosity of the resulting WIO emulsion: (3) the addition of MDP to the WIO emulsion prepared with IFA resulted in a higher cell-mediated immune response as determined by the in vitro blood lymphocyte transformation index specific for bovine rotavirus.     

The effect of adjuvant substances on the antigenic activity of cellular antirabies vaccine in experiments on cattle

Trials were conducted with young cattle to study the effect of adjuvants, applied subcutaneously and intramuscularly, upon the antigenic activity of live and inactivated cell rabies vaccine prepared from the Vnukovo -32 strain at the level of the 107th series cell passage. Cerebral vaccine of Fermi type was also used in the trials for comparison. The antibodies were parallelly titrated by four methods, three of which were conducted in vitro. The levels of antirabies antibodies indicate a possibility of fortifying the antigenic activities of inactivated vaccine by means of the Bioveta Nitra oil adjuvant and the activities of the live vaccine by means of adjuvant prepared after Buchnev . The antigenic activity of the Czechoslovak-produced cerebral rabies vaccine for veterinary use is extraordinarily low.     

FIELD TESTING OF A KILLED HAEMOPHILUS PARAHAEMOLYTICUS VACCINE IN PIGS

SUMMARY Piglets immunised with a formalin inactivated alum precipitated vaccine prepared from Haemophilus parahaemolyticus serotype 1 and born to sows treated before farrowing with an alum hydroxide adjuvant vaccine had a lower mortality rate and death rate from pleuropneumonia than control piglets.     

牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒LN01/08株灭活疫苗的研制

为研制牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒(IBRV)灭活疫苗,本研究以国内分离鉴定的IBRV LN01/08株为种毒,优化病毒增殖条件,获得病毒滴度达108.0TCID50/mL,将其灭活制备疫苗.为比较不同免疫佐剂的效果,分别以矿物质白油和Montanide ISA206佐剂配制灭活疫苗,进行牛体免疫试验.临床观察和血清中和抗体检测结果表明,Montanide ISA206佐剂乳化的疫苗在降低副反应和增强免疫效果方面优于矿物质白油佐剂.应用Montanide ISA206佐剂制备3批灭活疫苗,并对其安全性和免疫保护效果进行测定.结果表明该疫苗安全可靠,对强毒攻击可产生较好的抵抗力,攻毒保护率达80%.疫苗在2℃～8℃保存12个月后仍能保持良好的免疫效果.     

一株新分离犬细小病毒灭活疫苗的制备及免疫效果研究

JL0911株犬细小病毒是由军事兽医研究所流行病与病毒病防控技术实验室分离得到的一株新型犬细小病毒,其主要抗原位点上的氨基酸序列较国内先前分离到的其他株有较大差异,不能被归入目前已有的CPV-2a、CPV-2b、CPV-2c三个类型。本研究旨在利用JL0911株犬细小病毒研制灭活疫苗,并评价其免疫原性。试验采用10^5.5 TCID₅₀/mL的犬细小病毒JL0911,以甲醛灭活后,加入1/4体积的纳米佐剂,制备了犬细小病毒灭活疫苗。取1.5 mL上述疫苗,通过肌肉注射免疫普通家犬,免疫前后不同时间均采集血清,在F81细胞系上测定犬细小病毒的中和抗体。结果显示,免疫后14 d,试验犬血中细小病毒中和抗体效价较免疫前有显著提高,最高可由0提高至2⁹,表明本试验分离的JL0911株犬细小病毒具有生产犬细小病毒灭活疫苗的潜在价值。     

鸡传染性贫血病灭活苗的研制

用福尔马林溶液对ＣＡＶ进行灭活,通过常规途径制备鸡贫血病油乳剂灭活苗。将此灭活苗接种ＳＰＦ成鸡,接种后３周检测成鸡ＣＡＶ抗体,检出率为９／９;同时检测到子代鸡血清抗体和卵黄抗体,阳性率分别为５／５、１３／１５。用ＣＡＶ强毒攻击子代鸡,测得该灭活苗对子代鸡的保护率为５／５。实验证明,鸡贫血病灭活苗可以预防子代鸡感染ＣＡＶ,能够控制贫血病的发生。     

犊牛腹泻大肠杆菌疫苗的研制与应用

根据南京地区犊牛大肠杆菌腹泻流行病学调查结果,用分离鉴定的犊牛腹泻菌株O78、O26、O15大肠杆菌作菌种,制备油乳灭活疫苗,接种初生犊牛预防犊牛大肠杆菌腹泻。结果表明制备的大肠杆菌油乳灭活疫苗接种初生犊牛能产生良好的免疫保护。     

Field study of bovine coronavirus vaccine enriched with hemagglutinating antigen for winter dysentery in dairy cows

A field study of a vaccine; prepared by solubilizing cells infected with bovine coronavirus, Triton X-100, and mixing with an oil adjuvant, was performed at 9 farms over 4 prefectures. The cattle tested were Holstein dairy cows aged 2 to 10 years. A vaccination group consisted of 157 animals (including 132 pregnant cows) and a non-vaccinated control group consisted of 50 animals. The cows received 2 intramuscular injections of vaccine (2 mL) at 3-week intervals. Vaccinated cows did not develop abnormalities, such as a decrease in milk production volume, and all pregnant animals calved normally. The geometric mean of the hemagglutination inhibition antibody titer was 34.2 before vaccination in test cows. The titer had increased to 105.6, 3 weeks after the 1st injection and peaked at 755.6, 1 month after the 2nd injection. A high antibody titer persisted at 396.0; 241.0; and 201.5, at 3, 6, and 9 months after the 2nd injection, respectively.

This confirms the safety and high antibody-response induced by this prototype vaccine. Therefore, this vaccine may be useful for the prevention of winter dysentery caused by bovine coronavirus infection.