Efficiency of Three PPRV Vaccines Commercially Available in Turkey

The efficiencies of three different commercially available Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) vaccines were evaluated on the basis of the antibody response surveyed by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA) and the results were confirmed by virus neutralization test (VNT) in sheep and goats. The study was conducted during the period from June 2010 to January 2011 to determine the antibody response against three different commercially available homologous PPR (Nigeria 75/1) vaccines. A total of 150 sheep and 50 goats of both genders were divided into three groups, as Group 1, 2 and 3. Each group was inoculated one out of three vaccines. A total of three samples of were collected three times from all the groups at pre- (day zero) and post-vaccination (18th days and 8th months). The results indicate that treated goats developed antibodies after the vaccination, while the most of sheep did not have any antibodies for PPRV.