title: Serum antibody response to canine parvovirus, canine adenovirus-1, and canine distemper virus in dogs with known status of immunization: study of dogs in Sweden.
abstract: Serum antibody titers to canine parvovirus (CPV), canine adenovirus-1 (CAV-1), and canine distemper virus (CDV) were measured in dogs with known immunization status. The dogs represented 3 groups: nonvaccinated dogs less than 12 months old; vaccinated dogs less than 12 months old; and adult dogs greater than 12 months old. For practical reasons, the population from which the specimens were obtained could be considered as free from natural infection with CAV-1 and CDV. In nonvaccinated dogs less than 12 months old, antibodies against all 3 viruses were measured at the time the dogs were given their first vaccination. Altogether, 50.7% of the dogs had titer greater than or equal to 1:10 to CPV, and 26.1 and 46.2% had titer greater than or equal to 1:8 to CAV-1 and CDV, respectively. The concentration of maternal antibody seemed to be of major importance for failure of immunization with use of inactivated CPV vaccine, but not with CAV-1 and CDV vaccination. In dogs less than 12 months old and vaccinated against CPV infection with inactivated virus, only 11.5% had titer greater than or equal to 1:80. In dogs vaccinated against infectious canine hepatitis and canine distemper, 63.2 and 78.3%, respectively, had titer greater than or equal to 1:16. In adult dogs greater than 2 months old and vaccinated against CPV infection, less than 50% had titer greater than or equal to 1:80, regardless of time after vaccination. There was no significant difference in titer between vaccinated and nonvaccinated dogs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klingeborn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hedhammar
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D004217:Distemper Virus, Canine / Q000276:immunology*; D004285:Dogs / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010321:Parvoviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D013548:Sweden; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral