Vaccination of rabbits against coccidiosis using precocious lines of Eimeria magna and Eimeria media in Benin - INRAE - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement
Article Dans Une Revue Veterinary Parasitology Année : 2012

Vaccination of rabbits against coccidiosis using precocious lines of Eimeria magna and Eimeria media in Benin

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Three groups of twelve 35-day-old rabbits were used for the experiment. Two groups were vaccinated with a mixture of precocious lines of Eimeria magna and Eimeria media originating from corresponding wild strains isolated in Benin. One group benefited of a booster whereas the second one was kept without booster. A third non-vaccinated group was used as control. All groups were challenged per os with an equal mixture of the wild strains of E. magna and E. media at a dose of 104 oocysts per animal. Three weeks after the challenge inoculation, no case of diarrhoea was recorded in the two groups of vaccinated rabbits, as compared to the non-vaccinated rabbits that developed diarrhoea. No mortality was recorded in the three groups. During the patent period, oocyst output of vaccinated rabbits was significantly lower than that of control animals (P<0.01), confirming a good immunogenic characteristic of the precocious lines. No booster effect was noticed for the boost vaccinated group. The daily weigh gain of the two groups of vaccinated rabbits was significantly higher than that of the non-vaccinated rabbits (P<0.05). Consequently the precocious lines of Benin origin turned out to be immunogenic and therefore constitute good potential candidates for vaccine production for this country.

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hal-02648046 , version 1 (29-05-2020)

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Yao Akpo, M.T. Kpodékon, Y. Djago, Dominique Licois, I.A.K. Youssao. Vaccination of rabbits against coccidiosis using precocious lines of Eimeria magna and Eimeria media in Benin. Veterinary Parasitology, 2012, 184 (1), pp.73-76. ⟨10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.012⟩. ⟨hal-02648046⟩
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