The small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus), a rabies reservoir species on several Islands in the Caribbean, was successfully immunized against rabies for the first time by offering animals a vaccine bait specifically designed for this small carnivore. The bait contained on average 0.6 mL of the genetically modified replication-competent rabies virus construct SPBN GASGAS (108.5 focus-forming units/mL). Three of four mongooses offered a bait developed an immune response above 0.5 IU/mL, but the response was less pronounced than in two animals offered the vaccine by direct oral instillation.
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1 October 2013
Oral Vaccination of Captive Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) against Rabies
Ad Vos,
Antje Kretzschmar,
Steffen Ortmann,
Ivana Lojkic,
Christiane Habla,
Thomas Müller,
Christian Kaiser,
Boris Hundt,
Peter Schuster
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 49 • No. 4
October 2013
Vol. 49 • No. 4
October 2013
mongoose
oral vaccination
rabies
vaccine bait