ovalbumin and Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants

Effect of virulent and attenuated peste des petits ruminants (PPR) virus on the immune response to nonspecific antigen (ovalbumin) was investigated. Clinical and serological responses were monitored in goats administered with ovalbumin concurrently with either PPR vaccine or virulent virus. Study showed that PPR virulent virus causes marked immunosuppression as evidenced by leukopenia, lymphopenia, and reduced early antibody response to both specific and nonspecific antigen. These observations were predominant particularly during acute phase of disease (4-10 days post-infection). On the other hand, the vaccine virus induced only a transient lymphopenia without significantly affecting the immune response to nonspecific antigen or to itself during this period. Further, the antibody levels to ovalbumin in the group administered with virulent PPRV increased significantly between days 28 and 35 post-infection in comparison to the titers in other two groups given with either ovalbumin alone or in combination with vaccine.

Topics: Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies, Viral; Body Temperature; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Eye; Female; Goat Diseases; Goats; Leukocyte Count; Nasal Mucosa; Ovalbumin; Peste-des-Petits-Ruminants; Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus; Random Allocation