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Research Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Year: 2011 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 9-13
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K.B.A. Alharbi

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Control of Abscess Disease of Sheep by Concurrent Vaccination, Zinc Injection and Antiseptic Washing

K.B.A. Alharbi
Control of abscess disease through vaccination proved to be unsatisfactory in Saudi Arabia. This study was carried out to examine the combined effect of vaccination, zinc injection and antiseptic washing as an effective control method for abscess disease of sheep. Eighty healthy ewes were divided into two groups of 40 animals each. Group 1 ewes were injected subcutaneously with 5 mg kg-1 zinc, as zinc oxide suspended in olive oil and concurrently vaccinated against abscess disease using a commercial vaccine (Glanvac-6, CSL Limited, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia) at its standard dose of 1 mL per ewe. The sheep were then washed with an antiseptic, Chloroxylenol 4.8% (Dettol) at standard dilution. Booster doses of zinc and vaccine were injected one month after the initial treatment and the ewes were re-washed with the antiseptic solution. Group 2 ewes were left as untreated controls. The ewes of both groups were mixed in one pen with five rams heavily infected with abscess disease to act as a source of infection. The ewes were bled before and two days after treatment for the determination of total blood count (CBC) and liver and kidney functions in order to assess the safety of the injected zinc, the vaccine and the antiseptic. Four ewes (10%) in group 1 and 16 (40%) in group 2 developed abscesses on the head during the 12 months course of the experiment. The abscesses appeared on the 10th month post-vaccination in group 1 ewes and on the first month in group 2 animals. Hematological and serum constituents results showed that the injected vaccine and zinc as well as the washed antiseptic were safe to the ewes.
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K.B.A. Alharbi, 2011. Control of Abscess Disease of Sheep by Concurrent Vaccination, Zinc Injection and Antiseptic Washing. Research Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 4: 9-13.

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