Impact of dose and route of administration on antibody responses of chickens inoculated with inactivated Avian Influenza H5 vaccine. | ||||
| Microbes and Infectious Diseases | ||||
| Article 26, Volume 3, Issue 3, August 2022, Page 733-743 PDF (318.77 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mid.2021.72759.1149 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Abubakar Ojone Woziri   1; Clement Adebajo Meseko2; Faridah Ibrahim Nasir3; Khadijat Abdulkarim4; Folorunso Oludayo Fasina5; Jibril Adamu6; Paul Ayuba Abdu7
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| 1Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria. | ||||
| 2Animal Influenza Division, Infectious and Transboundary Animal Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom - Nigeria. | ||||
| 3Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria. | ||||
| 4Department of Zoology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria. | ||||
| 5Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases-Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (ECTAD-FAO), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. | ||||
| 6Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria. | ||||
| 7Department of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria - Nigeria. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: The present study evaluated the influence of dose and route of administration of a commercial inactivated avian influenza virus (AIV) H5 vaccine on the humoral immune response of ISA brown chickens. Methods: Ninety “one-day-old” chickens were purchased from three commercial hatcheries (n = 30 chicks per hatchery), respectively, and chicks were vaccinated with either 0.2, 0.5 or 0.7 ml of the vaccine via either the intramuscular or subcutaneous route at days 14 and 28, respectively. Vaccinal antibody titres in chicks’ sera were quantified using an indirect ELISA kit at 14 (before vaccination), 21, 28, 35 and 42 days of age. Results: Results showed significant differences (p < /em> < 0.001) in the mean antibody titre levels at day 21 of age between chicks from hatcheries C (2,205.0 ± 409.1) and A (57.7 ± 49.9) at 21 days of age when either 0.2 ml or 0.5 ml of the vaccine was administered IM or SC. In addition, there were intra- and inter dose significant differences ( p < /em>< 0.001) between the chicks at 21, 28, 35 and 42 days of age. Furthermore, intra- and inter route significant differences (p < /em>< 0.001) were detected between the chicks at 21 and 35 days of age. Conclusion: Overall, the AIV H5 vaccine studied had variable outcomes and was poorly immunogenic. Recommendation: Further studies should be conducted to characterize the T- and B-lymphocytes in chickens post AIV H5 vaccines administration, and evaluate the sequence homologies between imported AIV H5 vaccines and circulating AIV strains in Nigeria. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Avian Influenza; Inactivated H5 Vaccine; Intramuscular; Subcutaneous; Chickens | ||||
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