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A Nikolov

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[Trial of a hyperimmune serum against para-influenza 3, bovine adenovirus 1, infectious rhinotracheitis and mucosal disease].

A four-valent serum was obtained by parallel hyperimmunization of cattle with live viral suspensions of parainfluenza-3, bovine adenovirus I, the virus of infectious rhinotracheitis and the mucous disease virus. The serum's neutralizing titres are between 1:1280 and 1:2560. The lasting exploitation of serum producing cattle indicates that no competition exists between the four antigens used in the process of hyperimmunization. Experimental testing of the serum on calves and its application in practical work proved its prophylactic and medicative effect. These results confirm the thesis that the use of passive immunoprophylaxis is needed in respiratory diseases of calves under conditions existing in intensive cattle-breeding.

Adenoviridae

[Immunoprophylaxis of infectious bovine rhinotracheitis].

The live attenuated vaccine against infectious rhinotracheitis (LAV), the live trivaccine against infectious rhinotracheitis (LT), the concentrated etanolsaponin vaccine against infectious rhinotracheitis (CESV) and the ethanol-saponin vaccine against infectious rhinotracheitis (ESV) can all be used as immunoprophylactic means in the control of infectious rhinotracheitis in cattle. The first two live vaccines are applied to calves in infection foci, and the two inactivated vaccines are used with cows. The comparative testing of CESV and ESV in experimental conditions on calves has shown that the first possesses higher immunogenicity--used in a twice lower dose it produces several times higher level of the neutralizing antibodies against the infectious rhinotracheitis virus. The use of LAV and LT in the practice under the conditions of established infections of infectious rhinotracheitis in calves has given good results. The immunization of calves at the immediate menace of this infection has lowered the morbidity rate, and death cases were no longer observed. The use of CESV and ESV with pregnant cows on a prophylactic basis against infectious rhinotracheitis has also given good results manifested in the full suppression of abortions.

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Immunization against mucosal disease--bovine viral Diarrhea (MD-BVD) in calves applying lapinized vaccine against swine fever and a modified live virus of MD-BVD.

Calves vaccinated with the modified strain C24V react by creating neutralizing antibodies in high titres and are resistent to infection while non-immunized calves manifest the clinical symptoms of MD-BVD. Calves, vaccinated with the lapinized strain "K" of the SF virus react by creating neutralizing antibodies in low titres against the vius of MD-BVD and manifest no apparent clinical symptoms after challenge with the virulent strain MD-BVD.

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