Acceptability of locally made baits for oral vaccination of dogs against rabies in the Philippines
2001
Estrada, R.Q.
The research deals on oral vaccination of Philippine native dogs against rabies studies and the feasibility of using the immunization technique as a new approach to be used in areas where there is a large number of unrestrainable owned dogs and cannot be handled for parental vaccination. As approved by the National Rabies Committee (NRC) chaired by the Bureau of Animal Industry and following the protocol designed by the world Health Organizations, research on candidate oral vaccines against rabies shall be conducted by phases, namely (1) bait acceptance, (2) laboratory studies, and (3) field trial. Foremost if the formulation of suitable baits because the oral vaccine is rendered useless if not accepted by the recipient dogs. Baits made from available and inexpensive local materials (meat scraps, chicken neck, intestine, local fish) have been studied and the acceptance rate is determined. Dogs from the rural, suburban and urban areas were offered by the formulated baits and conducted on house-to-house method. In conclusion, a suitable and inexpensive bait was formulate with safe effective candidate oral vaccine to satisfy the adoption of the new method on oral vaccination on dogs against rabies in the Philippines.
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