Eight black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) and seven side-striped jackals (Canis adustus) were given SAD (Berne) rabies vaccine by direct oral instillation. Three different vaccine doses were used: 1063, 1068 and 1075 median tissue culture infectious doses. Two additional jackals were given vaccine in chicken heads. One group of jackals was challenged with a lethal dose of jackal-derived rabies virus 1 mo after vaccination and a second group 12 mo after vaccination. All 17 vaccinated jackals developed high and persistent serum neutralizing antibody titers. All challenged jackals resisted a lethal dose of rabies virus, whereas three control jackals given the same challenge succumbed to rabies.
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1 July 1995
Efficacy of SAD (Berne) Rabies Vaccine Given by the Oral Route in Two Species of Jackal (Canis mesomelas and Canis adustus)
J. Bingham,
A. Kappeler,
F. W. G. Hill,
A. A. King,
B. D. Perry,
C. M. Foggin
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 31 • No. 3
July 1995
Vol. 31 • No. 3
July 1995
Canis adustus
Canis mesomelas
jackal
oral vaccination
rabies
Zimbabwe