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1 September 2014 DURATION OF IMMUNITY IN RED WOLVES (CANIS RUFUS) FOLLOWING VACCINATION WITH A MODIFIED LIVE PARVOVIRUS AND CANINE DISTEMPER VACCINE
Kadie Anderson, Allison Case, Kathleen Woodie, William Waddell, Holly H. Reed
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Abstract

There is growing information available regarding duration of immunity for core vaccines in both domestic and nondomestic species. Vaccination protocols in nondomestic canids have frequently followed guidelines developed for the domestic dog; however, these protocols can be inappropriate for nondomestic canids such as the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), leaving some animals susceptible to infectious disease and others at risk for contracting vaccine-induced disease. In this study, red wolves (Canis rufus) were vaccinated against canine distemper virus (CDV) and canine parvovirus (CPV) and vaccination titers were followed annually for 3 yr. One hundred percent of wolves developed and maintained a positive titer to CDV for 3 yr and 96.9% of wolves developed and maintained a positive titer to CPV for 3 yr. Seroconversion for canine adenovirus was sporadic. The results of this study support decreasing the frequency of vaccine administration in the red wolf population to a triennial basis.

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Kadie Anderson, Allison Case, Kathleen Woodie, William Waddell, and Holly H. Reed "DURATION OF IMMUNITY IN RED WOLVES (CANIS RUFUS) FOLLOWING VACCINATION WITH A MODIFIED LIVE PARVOVIRUS AND CANINE DISTEMPER VACCINE," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45(3), 550-554, (1 September 2014). https://doi.org/10.1638/2013-0227R2.1
Received: 25 September 2013; Published: 1 September 2014
KEYWORDS
Canis rufus
immunity
red wolf
titer
vaccine
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