THE USE OF VACCINES IN POLAND TO COMBAT FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 223
• Publication Date: July 14, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Scientific -Veterinary medic?.re, foot-and-
mouth disease
Monthly periodical
Ilarsaw
Feb 1954
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REPORT NO.
Medycyna Ueterynaryjnz, Vol n, Iio 2, 1954, pp 60-62
THE USi OF V;~CCII~'?iS ItJ I'OLAIID TO COb~AT F001-:iND_MOUTII DISFaS);
Truie~~~ iCobusiewicz, State Vet Inst
Foot-and-Idouth Disease Div
Zdunska Wola
:he author disc:m2es re.ccnt up'~oetic_ of foot-and-south disease which
occurred in .several European countries, a.^.,ong theta: 'ast German;;, Austria,
Dc.l:,,um, Holland, France, IL'+ty, :weden, and Switzerland. He states that
severe financial losses were inr.urred in these countries, and that losses in
France alone amounted to more than 4 million fran_s. The epizootics were
csused by O,A,AS, and C strains of the virus; therefore, rlonovalent, bivalent,
and trivr.lent vaccines xere used extensively in combating the disease. Quaedu-
lig, a Dutch scientist, ;n?euured three vaccines, nn 0-!, vaccine, and A vaccine,
and a C vaccine, which were used to cor^..bnt and finally control tU: 51-~j2 epizo-
otic. The vaccines used in ;;nst Germany were sup::lled by the 3esearci: 7nr;tttnro
far Ve}:eri nnr. 1.8+A: ,,,_ _ ~ _
Dr itoehrer, Director of the Inst ante on ;hems, is quoted as saying that the
use of vaccines is an inadequate :;ears of fighting the disease, since vaccines
can not be produced in advance of e,izootics in sufficient ouantities because
of their instability mid becuu~e of tii+r fact timt they impart immunity only
against the particular strains of the virus ;nom which they have been prepared,
It was found that herds vaccinateu ~?rith ?m 0-;: vaccine later succumbed to the
5 strain of the virus; and after cubsequcntly being vaccinated with A5 vaccine,
they fell prey to the C strain. The development and general use of a C vaccine
helped brinE; the epizoctics wider contrrol,
The general consensus of opinion amonC r,uthcr:- writing on the subject,
according to the author of this article i, that tYr~ R~ehrer vaccine;; are of
little practical nee since ao many types of the disease occur end, in each
instance, the vaccine in order t.o be ^ffective must be pre_areci from the specific
strain afflicting the Uiven anie+ni?:,
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At present in order to combat outbreaks of the disease most expeditiously,
the tongues of infected aairmis are floiart to the Institute in special airplanes.
The virus obtained from the epithelial lining of these tongues is then used to
prepare specific vaccines.
The Soviet Union, according *.o the author, finds it difficult to maintain
the necessary amounts of the various types of foot-and-mouth vaccines required
to assure the continuing production of meat, and therefore relies more on
strict enforcement of the veterinary police regulations than on the use of
vaccines.
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