Antibody responses after vaccination against equine influenza in the Republic of Korea in 2013

J Vet Med Sci. 2015 Nov;77(11):1517-21. doi: 10.1292/jvms.15-0192. Epub 2015 Jun 9.

Abstract

In this study, antibody responses after equine influenza vaccination were investigated among 1,098 horses in Korea using the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assay. The equine influenza viruses, A/equine/South Africa/4/03 (H3N8) and A/equine/Wildeshausen/1/08 (H3N8), were used as antigens in the HI assay. The mean seropositive rates were 91.7% (geometric mean antibody levels (GMT), 56.8) and 93.6% (GMT, 105.2) for A/equine/South Africa/4/03 and A/equine/Wildeshausen/1/08, respectively. Yearlings and two-year-olds in training exhibited lower positive rates (68.1% (GMT, 14) and 61.7% (GMT, 11.9), respectively, with different antigens) than average. Horses two years old or younger may require more attention in vaccination against equine influenza according to the vaccination regime, because they could be a target of the equine influenza virus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aging
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Chickens
  • Erythrocytes
  • Female
  • Horse Diseases / blood
  • Horse Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Horses
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype / immunology
  • Influenza Vaccines / immunology*
  • Male
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / blood
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / prevention & control
  • Orthomyxoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Vaccination*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Influenza Vaccines