Ahmed A. Azab , Mahmoud Samir , Salah Zakaria , Hassna Maged , Nahed Yehia , Mohamed Taha , Ahmed A. El-Sanousi , Ahmed Aly Khalil
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Groups 1,4 and 2,5 received the novel and commercial vaccines respectively, while groups 3,6 served as unvaccinated controls, and group 7 as a negative control. At three weeks post-vaccination, groups were challenged with either NDV-B7-RLQP-CH-EG-12 or IBV-Eg/15170F-SP1/2015. Protection rates, viral shedding, ciliostasis, and immune responses were evaluated using standardized protocols.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The novel vaccine demonstrated significantly superior protection (90–100 %, P < 0.01) compared to the commercial vaccine (60–70 %) against both viruses. Viral shedding in the novel vaccine group was reduced by 2.1 log10 (P < 0.001) by day 5 post-challenge, achieving complete clearance by day 7. Ciliostasis protection scores were significantly higher in the novel vaccine group (87.33–100) versus the commercial vaccine (35–78.33, P < 0.001). Serological responses showed stronger and more sustained antibody titers in the novel vaccine group for both NDV (8.0 ± 2.0 vs 6.7 ± 1.0 log₂, P < 0.01) and IBV (4612.6 ± 839.35 vs 3340.5 ± 1650.16 ELISA units, P < 0.01) through three weeks post-vaccination.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The novel bivalent vaccine incorporating contemporary field strains provided significantly enhanced protection against current NDV and IBV variants, offering a promising strategy for improved disease control in endemic regions. 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Comparative efficacy of a field-strain matched bivalent inactivated vaccine against contemporary newcastle disease and infectious bronchitis viruses in Egypt
Background
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) and infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) cause annual global economic losses exceeding $1 billion in the poultry industry. In Egypt remain major threats to poultry production. emerging variant strains increasingly challenge current vaccination strategies, necessitating more effective control measures.
Methods
We evaluated a novel bivalent inactivated vaccine (Valley Vac IB3 NDVg7) containing recent field isolates (NDV genotype VII and IBV variant-II) against a commercial bivalent vaccine. Seventy-one-day-old commercial chicks were randomized into seven groups (n = 10). Groups 1,4 and 2,5 received the novel and commercial vaccines respectively, while groups 3,6 served as unvaccinated controls, and group 7 as a negative control. At three weeks post-vaccination, groups were challenged with either NDV-B7-RLQP-CH-EG-12 or IBV-Eg/15170F-SP1/2015. Protection rates, viral shedding, ciliostasis, and immune responses were evaluated using standardized protocols.
Results
The novel vaccine demonstrated significantly superior protection (90–100 %, P < 0.01) compared to the commercial vaccine (60–70 %) against both viruses. Viral shedding in the novel vaccine group was reduced by 2.1 log10 (P < 0.001) by day 5 post-challenge, achieving complete clearance by day 7. Ciliostasis protection scores were significantly higher in the novel vaccine group (87.33–100) versus the commercial vaccine (35–78.33, P < 0.001). Serological responses showed stronger and more sustained antibody titers in the novel vaccine group for both NDV (8.0 ± 2.0 vs 6.7 ± 1.0 log₂, P < 0.01) and IBV (4612.6 ± 839.35 vs 3340.5 ± 1650.16 ELISA units, P < 0.01) through three weeks post-vaccination.
Conclusions
The novel bivalent vaccine incorporating contemporary field strains provided significantly enhanced protection against current NDV and IBV variants, offering a promising strategy for improved disease control in endemic regions. These findings demonstrate the importance of vaccine strain matching with circulating field viruses and provide a framework for next-generation poultry vaccine development.
期刊介绍:
The journal reports basic, comparative and clinical immunology as they pertain to the animal species designated here: livestock, poultry, and fish species that are major food animals and companion animals such as cats, dogs, horses and camels, and wildlife species that act as reservoirs for food, companion or human infectious diseases, or as models for human disease.
Rodent models of infectious diseases that are of importance in the animal species indicated above,when the disease requires a level of containment that is not readily available for larger animal experimentation (ABSL3), will be considered. Papers on rabbits, lizards, guinea pigs, badgers, armadillos, elephants, antelope, and buffalo will be reviewed if the research advances our fundamental understanding of immunology, or if they act as a reservoir of infectious disease for the primary animal species designated above, or for humans. Manuscripts employing other species will be reviewed if justified as fitting into the categories above.
The following topics are appropriate: biology of cells and mechanisms of the immune system, immunochemistry, immunodeficiencies, immunodiagnosis, immunogenetics, immunopathology, immunology of infectious disease and tumors, immunoprophylaxis including vaccine development and delivery, immunological aspects of pregnancy including passive immunity, autoimmuity, neuroimmunology, and transplanatation immunology. Manuscripts that describe new genes and development of tools such as monoclonal antibodies are also of interest when part of a larger biological study. Studies employing extracts or constituents (plant extracts, feed additives or microbiome) must be sufficiently defined to be reproduced in other laboratories and also provide evidence for possible mechanisms and not simply show an effect on the immune system.