Guillemin F, Jouvenet P, Mosienyane M, Mannathoko M
Botswana Vaccine Institute, Gaborone.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 1988 May;20(2):103-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02242236.
The caprinised strain of rinderpest virus was inoculated into goats to produce a challenge stock. These goats were kept with control animals (goats, sheep, calves). In this trial the caprinised strain was shown to have a mild pathogenicity for goats and it spread to one of two contact goats but not from goats to other species. The caprinised strain was then tested on cattle where a febrile reaction was observed. The caprinised strain also did not spread between cattle. The cattle vaccinated with a freeze-dried vaccine produced from the attenuated Kabete RBKO strain on bovine kidney cells were then challenged with the caprinised strain with good results.
