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1 December 2005 A COMPARISON OF FREUND'S COMPLETE AND FREUND'S MODIFIED ADJUVANTS USED WITH A CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE IN WILD HORSES (EQUUS CABALLUS)
Robin O. Lyda, J. Ron Hall, Jay F. Kirkpatrick
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Abstract

Fifteen captive wild mares (Equus caballus) were treated with porcine zona pellucida contraceptive vaccine and either Freund's Complete Adjuvant (n = 7) or Freund's Modified Adjuvant (n = 8). All mares received a booster inoculation of porcine zona pellucida plus Freund's Incomplete Adjuvant a month later. Anti–porcine zona pellucida antibodies were measured over 10 mo following the initial inoculation. There were no significant differences in antibody titers at any point during the 10 mo, and seven of the eight mares in the Freund's Modified Adjuvant group were above the 60% level at the end of the study, which is considered to be the contraceptive threshold for horses. There were no significant differences in titers between pregnant and nonpregnant horses, nor was there a significant correlation between age and titers. One local injection site reaction occurred after booster treatment with Freund's Incomplete Adjuvant, and 11 healthy foals were born during the course of the study. These data suggest that Freund's Modified Adjuvant is an acceptable substitute for Freund's Complete Adjuvant in certain free-ranging and captive wildlife species.

Robin O. Lyda, J. Ron Hall, and Jay F. Kirkpatrick "A COMPARISON OF FREUND'S COMPLETE AND FREUND'S MODIFIED ADJUVANTS USED WITH A CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE IN WILD HORSES (EQUUS CABALLUS)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 36(4), 610-616, (1 December 2005). https://doi.org/10.1638/04104.1
Received: 28 December 2004; Published: 1 December 2005
KEYWORDS
adjuvants
antibodies
contraception
Equus caballus
horses
immunology
porcine zona pellucida
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