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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 44(2), 2008, pp. 247-259
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EFFICACY OF ORAL AND PARENTERAL ROUTES OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BACILLE CALMETTE-GUERIN VACCINATION AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS): A FEASIBILITY STUDY

 P. Nol1,5,6, M. V. Palmer2, W. R. Waters2, F. E. Aldwell3, B. M. Buddle4, J. M. Triantis5, L. M. Linke5, G. E. Phillips1, T. C. Thacker2, J. C. Rhyan1, M. R. Dunbar1 and M. D. Salman5

1 USDA/APHIS National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA
2 USDA/ARS National Animal Disease Center, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA
3 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
4 AgResearch, Hopkirk Research Institute, Private Bag 1108, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
5 Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
6 Corresponding author (email: pauline.nol{at}aphis.usda.gov)

ABSTRACT:   We investigated the efficacy of oral and parenteral Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guerin Danish strain 1331 (BCG) in its ability to protect white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) against disease caused by M. bovis infection. Twenty-two white-tailed deer were divided into four groups. One group (n=5) received 109 colony-forming units (cfu) BCG via a lipid-formulated oral bait; one group (n=5) received 109 cfu BCG in culture directly to the oropharynx, one group (n=6) was vaccinated with 106 cfu BCG subcutaneously, and one group served as a control and received culture media directly to the oropharynx (n=6). All animals were challenged 3 mo after vaccination. Five months postchallenge the animals were examined for lesions. Results indicate that both oral forms of BCG and parenterally administerd BCG offered significant protection against M. bovis challenge as compared to controls. This study suggests that oral BCG vaccination may be a feasible means of controlling bovine tuberculosis in wild white-tailed deer populations.
  Key words:  BCG, bovine tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis, oral vaccination, vaccine, white-tailed deer.




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