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Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India

Introduction: To achieve the global goal of canine-mediated human rabies elimination by 2030 there is an urgent need to scale-up mass dog vaccination activities in regions with large dog populations that are difficult to access; a common situation in much of India. Oral rabies vaccination may enable...

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Autores principales: Gibson, Andrew D., Mazeri, Stella, Yale, Gowri, Desai, Santosh, Naik, Vilas, Corfmat, Julie, Ortmann, Steffen, King, Alasdair, Müller, Thomas, Handel, Ian, Bronsvoort, Berend MdeC., Gamble, Luke, Mellanby, Richard J., Vos, Ad
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31487795
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4030118
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author Gibson, Andrew D.
Mazeri, Stella
Yale, Gowri
Desai, Santosh
Naik, Vilas
Corfmat, Julie
Ortmann, Steffen
King, Alasdair
Müller, Thomas
Handel, Ian
Bronsvoort, Berend MdeC.
Gamble, Luke
Mellanby, Richard J.
Vos, Ad
author_facet Gibson, Andrew D.
Mazeri, Stella
Yale, Gowri
Desai, Santosh
Naik, Vilas
Corfmat, Julie
Ortmann, Steffen
King, Alasdair
Müller, Thomas
Handel, Ian
Bronsvoort, Berend MdeC.
Gamble, Luke
Mellanby, Richard J.
Vos, Ad
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description Introduction: To achieve the global goal of canine-mediated human rabies elimination by 2030 there is an urgent need to scale-up mass dog vaccination activities in regions with large dog populations that are difficult to access; a common situation in much of India. Oral rabies vaccination may enable the vaccination of free-roaming dogs that are inaccessible to parenteral vaccination, and is considered a promising complementary measure to parenteral mass dog vaccination campaigns. WHO and OIE have published detailed minimum requirements for rabies vaccines and baits to be used for this purpose, requiring that baits must not only be well-accepted by the target population but must also efficiently release the vaccine in the oral cavity. For oral rabies vaccination approaches to be successful, it is necessary to develop baits which have a high uptake by the target population, are culturally accepted and amenable to mass production. The aim of this study was to compare the interest and uptake rates of meat-based and an egg-based prototype bait constructs by free roaming dogs in Goa, India. Methods: Three teams randomly distributed two prototype baits; an egg-flavoured bait and a commercial meat dog food (gravy) flavoured bait. The outcomes of consumption were recorded and compared between baits and dog variables. Results: A total of 209 egg-bait and 195 gravy-bait distributions were recorded and analysed. No difference (p = 0.99) was found in the percentage of dogs interested in the baits when offered. However, significantly more dogs consumed the egg-bait than the gravy-bait; 77.5% versus 68.7% (p = 0.04). The release of the blue-dyed water inside the sachet in the oral cavity of the animals was significant higher in the dogs consuming an egg-bait compared to the gravy-bait (73.4% versus 56.7%, p = 0.001). Conclusions: The egg-based bait had a high uptake amongst free roaming dogs and also enabled efficient release of the vaccine in the oral cavity, whilst also avoiding culturally relevant materials of bovine or porcine meat products.
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spelling pubmed-67897272019-10-16 Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India Gibson, Andrew D. Mazeri, Stella Yale, Gowri Desai, Santosh Naik, Vilas Corfmat, Julie Ortmann, Steffen King, Alasdair Müller, Thomas Handel, Ian Bronsvoort, Berend MdeC. Gamble, Luke Mellanby, Richard J. Vos, Ad Trop Med Infect Dis Article Introduction: To achieve the global goal of canine-mediated human rabies elimination by 2030 there is an urgent need to scale-up mass dog vaccination activities in regions with large dog populations that are difficult to access; a common situation in much of India. Oral rabies vaccination may enable the vaccination of free-roaming dogs that are inaccessible to parenteral vaccination, and is considered a promising complementary measure to parenteral mass dog vaccination campaigns. WHO and OIE have published detailed minimum requirements for rabies vaccines and baits to be used for this purpose, requiring that baits must not only be well-accepted by the target population but must also efficiently release the vaccine in the oral cavity. For oral rabies vaccination approaches to be successful, it is necessary to develop baits which have a high uptake by the target population, are culturally accepted and amenable to mass production. The aim of this study was to compare the interest and uptake rates of meat-based and an egg-based prototype bait constructs by free roaming dogs in Goa, India. Methods: Three teams randomly distributed two prototype baits; an egg-flavoured bait and a commercial meat dog food (gravy) flavoured bait. The outcomes of consumption were recorded and compared between baits and dog variables. Results: A total of 209 egg-bait and 195 gravy-bait distributions were recorded and analysed. No difference (p = 0.99) was found in the percentage of dogs interested in the baits when offered. However, significantly more dogs consumed the egg-bait than the gravy-bait; 77.5% versus 68.7% (p = 0.04). The release of the blue-dyed water inside the sachet in the oral cavity of the animals was significant higher in the dogs consuming an egg-bait compared to the gravy-bait (73.4% versus 56.7%, p = 0.001). Conclusions: The egg-based bait had a high uptake amongst free roaming dogs and also enabled efficient release of the vaccine in the oral cavity, whilst also avoiding culturally relevant materials of bovine or porcine meat products. MDPI 2019-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6789727/ /pubmed/31487795 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4030118 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Gibson, Andrew D.
Mazeri, Stella
Yale, Gowri
Desai, Santosh
Naik, Vilas
Corfmat, Julie
Ortmann, Steffen
King, Alasdair
Müller, Thomas
Handel, Ian
Bronsvoort, Berend MdeC.
Gamble, Luke
Mellanby, Richard J.
Vos, Ad
Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India
title Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India
title_full Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India
title_fullStr Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India
title_full_unstemmed Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India
title_short Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India
title_sort development of a non-meat-based, mass producible and effective bait for oral vaccination of dogs against rabies in goa state, india
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6789727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31487795
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4030118
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