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ArticleBMC veterinary research2017

Protection of farm goats by combinations of recombinant peptides and formalin inactivated spores from a lethal Bacillus anthracis challenge under field conditions.

Susanne M Koehler, Fatih Buyuk, Ozgur Celebi, Hayati Demiraslan, Mehmet Doganay, Mitat Sahin, Jens Moehring, Okechukwu C Ndumnego, Salih Otlu, Henriette van Heerden and 1 more

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Article in BMC veterinary research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Susanne M KoehlerDepartment of Infectiology and Animal Hygiene, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Animal Science, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany.
Fatih BuyukFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Kafkas University, 36300, Kars, Turkey.
Ozgur CelebiFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Kafkas University, 36300, Kars, Turkey.
Hayati DemiraslanFaculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey.
Mehmet DoganayFaculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey.
Mitat SahinFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Kafkas University, 36300, Kars, Turkey.
Jens MoehringInstitute for Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Biostatistical Unit, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany.
Okechukwu C NdumnegoDepartment of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa.
Salih OtluFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Kafkas University, 36300, Kars, Turkey.
Henriette van HeerdenDepartment of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa.
Wolfgang BeyerDepartment of Infectiology and Animal Hygiene, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Animal Science, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany. wolfgang.beyer@uni-hohenheim.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6376-4230
Kafkas University · TRUniversity of Hohenheim · DEErciyes University · TROnderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBacillus (B.) anthracis, the causal agent of anthrax, is effectively controlled by the Sterne live spore vaccine (34F2) in animals. However, live spore vaccines are not suitable for simultaneous vaccination and antibiotic treatment of animals being at risk of infection in an outbreak situation. Non-living vaccines could close this gap.

resultsIn this study a combination of recombinant protective antigen and recombinant Bacillus collagen-like antigen (rBclA) with or without formalin inactivated spores (FIS), targeted at raising an immune response against both the toxins and the spore of B. anthracis, was tested for immunogenicity and protectiveness in goats. Two groups of goats received from local farmers of the Kars region of Turkey were immunized thrice in three weeks intervals and challenged together with non-vaccinated controls with virulent B. anthracis, four weeks after last immunization. In spite of low or none measurable toxin neutralizing antibodies and a surprisingly low immune response to the rBclA, 80% of the goats receiving the complete vaccine were protected against a lethal challenge. Moreover, the course of antibody responses indicates that a two-step vaccination schedule could be sufficient for protection.

conclusionThe combination of recombinant protein antigens and FIS induces a protective immune response in goats. The non-living nature of this vaccine would allow for a concomitant antibiotic treatment and vaccination procedure. Further studies should clarify how this vaccine candidate performs in a post infection scenario controlled by antibiotics.

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AnimalsAnthraxAnthrax VaccinesAntigens, BacterialBacillus anthracisBacterial ToxinsFormaldehydeGoat DiseasesGoatsMembrane GlycoproteinsPeptidesRecombinant ProteinsSpores, BacterialTurkeyanthrax toxinAnthrax VaccinesAntigens, BacterialBacterial ToxinsBclA protein, Bacillus anthracisFormaldehydeMembrane GlycoproteinsPeptidesRecombinant ProteinsAnimal vaccineAnthraxBacillus anthracisVaccination

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