Article
Strain variation limits protective activity of vaccines based on soluble Babesia canis antigens.
Parasite immunology - 1 Apr 1995
Schetters T H, Kleuskens J, Scholtes N, Bos H J
Abstract excerpt
Groups of five dogs were immunized with vaccines containing soluble parasite antigens (SPA) derived from in vitro culture of Babesis canis parasites, either obtained commercially (Pirodog) or produced at laboratory scale. Both vaccines generated antibodies that reacted with parasitised erythrocyt...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan
- Antigens, Protozoan
- Babesia
- Babesiosis
- Dog Diseases
- Dogs
- Epitopes
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Hematocrit
- Male
- Parasitemia