NEW VACCINE AGAINST BRUCELLOSIS IN HUNGARY

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• Document Release Date: August 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 370
• Publication Date: July 19, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COU'~TRY g~gary
SUBJECT Scientific - Medical, brucellosis vaccine
Economic - Agriculture, cattle disease control
HOW
PUBLISHED Monthly periodical
PUBLISHED Budapest
me aocenn werwn uronanoa ~rrarnee m eamau oaraoa
er na aortae aT~aa arms na aau~n er nr+oe~ea ?et n
e. a. e.. n ?~a aa, u Mann. m tauuusroa oa m aamanee
or m wmon ie nr ouuu ? iu euanaame raaaoe a Teo-
euma n u~. nreeaernoe or ma roee a rooeaam.
Brucellosis or contagious abortion, also known as Bang's disease, is
widespread among Hungary's cattle population, and the damage which it causes
is estimated at 100 million forints annually. The sera which. have been used
in the past proved ineffective and, for this reason, only hygienic measures
were taken against the disease. These measures are very expensive and have,
therefore, been largely disregarded.
Hungarian researchers recently developed a new vaccine whicri produces im-
munity to orucellosis in cows and calves. The vaccine contains live but non-
virulent",germs of the disease and produces antibodies which can be identified
in the blood of the animals 3-6 months after vaccination. It is injected aub-
.cutaneously.
The vaccine can be used on infected animals, as well as prophylactically
on ~+-mors~hh old calves, Heifers may also be vaccinated but must not be mated
for 3 months after the vaccination. Bulls and pregnant cows must not be vac-
cinated.
The vaccine is harmless both to the animals and the attendants, because
the bacteria introduced by it are destroyed in the animal organism. The vac-
cine must be fresh when it is used since its effect weakens after s certain
period of time.
Vaccination is not x'ollowed by a reaction, except a small blister and
loss of appetite for a short period of .time. Vaccinated cows acquire immunity
to brucellosis for at least three periods of freshening. The progeny of vac-
cinated cows will be healthy.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
Magyar Mezogazdasag, Vol VI, No 10, 1951.
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The antibodies disappear in the organism wit:iin ;y-6 mon-;:hs of the vacci-
nation. T'P they remain in the blood of the vaccinated animals for over 6
months, a later infection is indicated. However, pregnant animals which had
been previously vaccinated.Kill resist infection and will not abort.
The new vaccine does not stop an epidemic: Hygienic measures are still
important in combating the disease. In case of abortion, the foetus must be
buried or burned and the stables, both of infected and healthy animals, must
be disinfected. All heifers on the state farms and in the agricultural coop-
eratives are being vaccinated.
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