Sentences with phrase «protective antibody titers»

Prevalence of protective antibody titers for canine distemper virus and canine parvovirus in dogs entering a Florida animal shelter.

Many cats had an excellent immune response, indicated by the increase in protective antibody titers post-vaccination: panleukopenia (90 %), herpes (56 %), calicivirus (93 %) and rabies (98 %).

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-- Hyperimmune globulin, prepared by purifying and concentrating plasma of immunized animals or previously infected humans with high titers (concentrations) of neutralizing antibody against Ebola virus, which have been shown to be protective in monkeys but are not currently available and would not be expected before mid-2015.

A major goal of HIV - 1 vaccine development is to identify immunogens capable of inducing protective titers of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) against circulating, neutralization - resistant (tier 2) viruses.

Blood titers can help determine whether an animal's antibody count is at protective levels.

As an alternative to yearly or triennial vaccinations, serum antibody titers may also be measured, which often document protective immunity for 7 years or or longer.

A titer test checks to determine the level of protective antibodies.

Following vaccination, the overall proportion of cats with protective serum antiviral antibody titers increased (FPV [90 %], FHV [56 %], FCV [93 %], and RV [98 %]-RRB-.

Results: Prior to vaccination, some of the cats had protective serum antibody titers against FPV (33 %), FHV (21 %), FCV (64 %), and RV (3 %).

Objective: To determine whether administration of inactivated virus or modified - live virus (MLV) vaccines to feral cats at the time of neutering induces protective serum antiviral antibody titers.

We have assessed duration of protective immunity primarily by two procedures; the first is held to be the «gold standard and that is to challenge the vaccinated animal with the virulent organism, the second method is to measure antibody and compare the antibody titer to that which is known to prevent infection (e.g. provide sterile immunity).

Veterinary immunologist Ian Tizard writes, «You can have a negative titer and if the pet is exposed, memory cells can respond within hours to regenerate enough antibodies for protective immunity.»

She admits that it «wasn't very easy» to convince her veterinarian that, in lieu of vaccinations, Casey should receive an antibody titer test to determine whether she had what vaccination experts regard as a «protective level» of circulating antibodies from past vaccinations.