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Review
. 1995 Jul-Aug;151(4):379-89.
doi: 10.1016/s0007-1935(95)80127-8.

The interference by maternally-derived antibody with active immunization of farm animals against foot-and-mouth disease

R P Kitching  1 , J S Salt
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Review

The interference by maternally-derived antibody with active immunization of farm animals against foot-and-mouth disease

R P Kitching et al. Br Vet J. 1995 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious disease affecting ruminants and pigs. In countries in which control of FMD relies predominantly on vaccination, young stock ingest specific anti-FMD virus antibodies in the colostrum. This maternally-derived antibody (MDA) provides immediate protection against infection with FMD virus, but also interferes with the development of active immunity following vaccination. However, susceptibility to infection precedes the ability to respond to vaccination in the presence of MDA. Currently available vaccines cannot overcome this inhibitory effect of MDA, and protection of young stock can only be provided by their isolation from FMD virus.

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