Infection and treatment method (ITM) vaccine against East Coast fever: reducing the number of doses per straw for use in smallholder dairy herds by thawing, diluting and refreezing already packaged vaccine

Infection and treatment method (ITM) vaccine against East Coast fever: reducing the number of doses per straw for use in smallholder dairy herds by thawing, diluting and refreezing already packaged vaccine

Abstract Background The Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) of vaccination is the only immunization procedure currently available to protect cattle against East Coast fever (ECF), a tick-transmitted disease responsible for losses of several hundreds of millions of dollars per year in sub-Saharan Af...

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Main Authors: Ekta Patel, Stephen Mwaura, Giuseppe Di Giulio, Elizabeth A. J. Cook, Godelieve Lynen, Philip Toye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
Infection and treatment method
Vaccine
Theileria parva
Smallholder
East Coast fever
Smallholder farmers
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-019-1787-y

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