Citation
Othman, Rafidah
(2013)
Field trials of live gdhA derivative pasteurella multicida B:2 vaccine against haemorrhagic septicaemia in buffaloes.
Doctoral thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Abstract
Haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) is an infectious disease mainly affecting
cattle and buffalo caused by P. multocida B:2. Vaccination is the best method
to prevent HS in cattle and buffaloes. The main objective of this work was to
study the field immunoprotective efficacy of the newly constructed live gdhA
derivative of P. multocida B:2 to the exposed and in-contact susceptible
buffaloes.
A retrospective analysis of records of outbreaks of HS in cattle and buffaloes
was carried out to study the pattern of the disease in Sabah, Malaysia. A
total of 45 outbreaks involving 1,774 susceptible animals were reported for the past 16 years between 1994 and 2009. Outbreaks ranged between 1 and 8
per year, involving 4 of 6 regions in Sabah and occurred in all months except
April but with higher frequencies in dry months of June, July and
September. The most affected region was Beaufort while the least was Kota
Kinabalu, while buffaloes were found to be more frequently involved than
cattle. Tawau and Sandakan regions could be considered as HS-free zones
while Beaufort, Kudat, Keningau and Kota Kinabalu as endemic zones.
A study was conducted on the herd immunity in field buffaloes following
initial intranasal exposures to the live gdhA derivative P. multocida B:2 that
was given twice at two weeks apart to 30% of the three groups buffaloes.
Following vaccination, herd antibody levels in both the areas gradually but
insignificantly (p>0.05) increased to peak values by the 6th month and then
gradually decline until month 10. Following booster dose at 10th month, the
antibodies declined to levels similar to those of unvaccinated animal at 12 to
14 months. Nevertheless, when compared with the control unvaccinated
herd, the immune status of both vaccinated herds remained significantly
(p<0.05) high throughout the 22-month study period, except for the months
12 to 14. It was concluded that field vaccination using gdhA derivative P.multocida B:2 was able to maintain the herd immunity for 10 months before a
booster dose can be considered.
Efficacy of HS vaccine containing live gdhA derivative P. multocida B:2 was
tested in 60 field buffaloes that were divided into three groups; exposed
(Group 1), commingled (Group 2) and control unexposed (Group 3).
Buffaloes of group 1 were exposed intranasally to 5 mL vaccine containing
106 CFU/mL of the live gdhA derivative P. multocida B:2, twice at two weeks
apart. Twelve months after the first vaccination, three buffaloes from each
group were challenged subcutaneously with 109 CFU/mL of live wild-type
P. multocida B:2. All buffaloes of groups 1 and 2 survived with mild, transient
symptoms while all control unvaccinated buffaloes developed severe signs
of HS and were killed humanely between 28h and 38h post-challenge with
signs and lesions typical of HS. The gdhA derivative vaccine successfully
induced systemic immunity and spread the vaccinal strain to the in-contact
animals, this vaccine effectively protect both exposed and in-contact
buffaloes against challenge with the virulent parent strain. Control
unexposed buffaloes succumbed to the infection showed severe microscopic
and ultrastructural lesions typical of HS with the average total microscopic
lesion scoring was 2.13±0.19, it was significantly (p<0.05) higher than those of vaccinated and commingled buffaloes with average score of 0.06±0.26 and
0.63±0.29, respectively.
The effect of stress using dexamethasone on protective efficacy of the live
gdhA derivative P. multocida B:2 against challenge by wild-type P. multocida
B:2 was studied. Nine buffaloes were selected and divided into 3 groups;
exposed (Group 1), commingled (Group 2) and control unexposed (Group
3). Buffaloes of Group 1 were exposed intranasally to 106 CFU/mL of the
gdhA derivative P. multocida B:2, twice at two weeks apart. At the end of 12-
month period, all buffaloes were injected intramuscularly with
dexamethasone at the dose rate of 1 mg/kg body weight for 3 consecutive
days. At the end of the 3-day dexamethasone treatment, all buffaloes were
challenged subcutaneously with 109 CFU/mL of wild-type P. multocida B:2.
There was significant (P<0.05) increase in the IgG levels in Groups 1 and 2
following the intranasal exposure. The dexamethasone treatment resulted in
significant (P<0.05) and rapid reduction in the IgG levels in the control
Group 3 but Groups 1 and 2 showed insignificant (P>0.05) reduction.
Following challenge, all control Group 3 succumbed to the infection while
buffaloes of Groups 1 and 2 survived the challenge. Dexamethasone injections did not significantly reduce the protective efficacy of the live
attenuated gdhA derivative P. multocida B:2 but significantly predisposed
unvaccinated buffaloes to the infection.
As a conclusion, vaccination plays a major role and is the only practical
approach to control HS. Vaccination should be concentrated within the
endemic areas or ‘hot spots’ where HS outbreaks have been reported within
the last 3 years. The vaccination must cover at least 70% of the cattle and
buffalo populations. This study revealed that intranasal live attenuated gdhA
derivative P. multocida B:2 vaccine was able to provide protection between 8
and 10 months. The annual use of intranasal live attenuated gdhA derivative
P. multocida B:2 that permit self-vaccination among free-roaming buffalo
within endemic or hot spot areas is recommended to increase the vaccination
coverage. This, of course, needs to be followed by sero-surveillance.
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