Publications by authors named "Maria M Siko"
Vaccination is the main tool to prevent the circulation of rabies in dog populations. The development of an immune response after vaccination differs between individual dogs and depends on many factors such as dog characteristics, management, or genetics. Here, we first investigated the level of, and associated factors for, the presence of binding antibodies in 130 healthy dogs from Flores Island, Indonesia.
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- Effective rabies vaccines are used globally for dogs, but the duration of protective antibody levels after vaccination varies by vaccine and population.
- A study on Flores Island, Indonesia, monitored 171 dogs over a year to determine how long they maintained adequate antibody levels post-vaccination, with a significant drop in protective levels observed by 360 days.
- Factors influencing antibody loss included the dog's age, vaccination history, and body condition score (BCS), indicating that BCS plays a crucial role in the duration of immune response.