Residual foot-and-mouth disease virus antibodies in French cattle and sheep six years after the vaccination ban.

Development of an Indirect Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay to Detect Antibodies against Serotype A2013 of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus in Cattle

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a contagious animal disease that causes irreparable damage to the economy of countries, including Iran in which this disease is a native one. Among the ways to combat FMD are vaccination and slaughter. Due to the specific situation of Iran, it is not possible to kill infected animals. Therefore, vaccination is the most important way to fight this disease. S...

Assessment of the Immunogenicity of Foot and Mouth Disease Vaccine Produced by Razi Institute against Types of A13, A15 and O2010 of FMD Virus

Background and Aims: Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly contagious infectious disease of livestock which has made a barrier to hygiene causing severe loss in livestock and their products. The aim of this study was the assessment of antibody response against foot and mouth disease virus  types A13, A15 , O2010, after injection of FMD vaccine candidate produced by Razi Institue. Mater...

Multiplication of an attenuated RV11 strain (type SAT12) of foot-and-mouth disease virus in sheep.

Investigations at Pirbright have shown that strains of virus which a re attenuated and immunogenic for cattle were also attenuated for sheep and produced a good immune response (Report, 1964). The work of Geering & Pay (1963) included studies with the RV11 vaccine strain, which at a high dosage level caused no post vaccinal reactions in a group of twenty four-month old lambs. Examination of the...

Neutralizing Antibody Response in Cattle Following Vaccination against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Sero-prevalence of bluetongue disease in sheep in west and northwest provinces of Iran

The objective of this study was to describe the seroprevalence rates of bluetongue virus (BTV) in sheep in west and northwest provinces of Iran. Bluetongue virus, an economically important orbivirus of the Reoviridae family, causes a hemorrhagic disease mainly in sheep and occasionally in cattle and some species of deer. Bluetongue virus is transmitted between its mammalian hosts by ce...