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.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003126:Colostrum / Q000276:immunology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D014765:Viral Vaccines