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CAT - Will vaccination eradicate grass sickness?

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McGorum B.C.
In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2016 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 07, 2016
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Refined to: ‘Will vaccination against Clostridium botulinum types C and/or D prevent grass sickness (GS)?’ Vaccination will be effective only if (1) C. botulinum types C and/or D have an obligatory role in the aetiology of GS, and (2) the vaccine effectively provides protective immunity against the causal botulinum antigen(s). This review will critically appraise the evidence supporting or refuting the hypothesis that C. botulinum types C and/or D have an obligatory role in the aetiology of GS. If the ‘botulinum hypothesis’ is correct, given that many other clostridial diseases are prevented by vaccination, it is probable that a vaccine containing adequate concentrations of the causal antigen(s), and being sufficiently immunogenic to induce an appropriate level and nature of immunity (local and/or systemic; humoral and/or cellular), will confer protection against GS. This latter aspect is beyond the scope of this review ...

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McGorum, B. (2020) “CAT - Will vaccination eradicate grass sickness?”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2016. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-birmingham-2016/cat-will-vaccination-eradicate-grass-sickness (Accessed: 13 September 2024).

Affiliation of the authors at the time of publication

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies & Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK.

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  • B. McGorum

    McGorum B.C.

    BSc, BVM&S, PhD, CertEIM, ECEIM, FRCVS
    Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Veterinary Center, The University of Edinburgh
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