title: Oral vaccination of captive small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) against rabies.
abstract: The small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), a rabies reservoir species on several Islands in the Caribbean, was successfully immunized against rabies for the first time by offering animals a vaccine bait specifically designed for this small carnivore. The bait contained on average 0.6 mL of the genetically modified replication-competent rabies virus construct SPBN GASGAS (10(8.5) focus-forming units/mL). Three of four mongooses offered a bait developed an immune response above 0.5 IU/mL, but the response was less pronounced than in two animals offered the vaccine by direct oral instillation.
authors: 1  IDT Biologika GmbH, Am Pharmapark, 06861 Dessau-Rosslau, Germany.
authors: Ad
authors: A
authors: Vos
authors: Antje
authors: A
authors: Kretzschmar
authors: Steffen
authors: S
authors: Ortmann
authors: Ivana
authors: I
authors: Lojkic
authors: Christiane
authors: C
authors: Habla
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Müller
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Kaiser
authors: Boris
authors: B
authors: Hundt
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Schuster
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D008988:Herpestidae; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines