| Literature DB >> 17679527 |
Ellen Bronson1, Sharon L Deem, Carlos Sanchez, Suzan Murray.
Abstract
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is known to be susceptible to natural infection with canine distemper virus (CDV). Vaccination of giant pandas with conventional modified live CDV vaccines has been avoided due to the numerous carnivore species known to have become infected with CDV after vaccination. Serum-neutralizing antibodies to CDV were measured after s.c. and i.m. annual vaccination with a canarypox-vectored recombinant CDV vaccine in an adult male and female giant panda over the period of 2 yr. The vaccine proved to be safe, and serum-neutralizing antibody titers interpreted as protective against CDV disease were measured in each animal.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17679527 DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2007)038[0363:SRTACC]2.0.CO;2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Zoo Wildl Med ISSN: 1042-7260 Impact factor: 0.776