Determination of the site of oral rabies vaccination.
Foxes developed serum neutralizing antibodies to rabies only after oral administration of an attenuated rabies vaccine, and not when a similar vaccine dose was introduced into the stomach. These results emphasize the need for a bait that assures delivery of a vaccine dose orally.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005589:Foxes; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051381:Rats; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D011819:Rabies Vaccines; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated