Oral immunisation of wild boar against classical swine fever: evaluation of the first field study in Germany.
The effectiveness of oral immunisation of wild boar against classical swine fever (CSF) was studied in a field trial in Lower Saxony for two years, from 1993 to 1995. This field study was performed in an area of ca. 270 km(2)50% of young boars did not feed on vaccine baits nor become immunised. Therefore, an intensive hunting of this age group is a necessary adjunct to the use of oral vaccination. After the third immunisation period, no virus was detected in the areas where oral immunisation took place.
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Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Institute for Applied Virology, Boddenblick 5a, D-17498, Isle of Riems, Germany. volker.kaden@rie.bfav.de
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Fischer
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Strebelow
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D006691:Classical Swine Fever / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005858:Germany; D013552:Swine; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014765:Viral Vaccines