Vaccination with killed whole-cells of Escherichia coli O157:H7 hha mutant emulsified with an adjuvant induced vaccine strain-specific serum antibodies and reduced E. coli O157:H7 fecal shedding in cattle

Veterinary Microbiology
V K SharmaCrystal L Loving

Abstract

Escherichia coli O157:H7 (O157) can cause from a mild diarrheal illness to hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans. Cattle are the primary reservoir for O157 and fecal shedding of O157 by these animals is a major risk factor in contamination of cattle hides and carcasses at slaughter. Vaccination is an important strategy to reduce fecal shedding of O157 in cattle. In this study, we evaluated the immunogenicity and efficacy of an inactivated vaccine strain of O157 formulated with an adjuvant. This vaccine strain was deleted of the hha gene enabling high level expression of the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) encoded proteins required for O157 colonization in cattle. The inactivated vaccine strain emulsified with the adjuvant or suspended in the phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was injected in the neck muscles of two groups of weaned calves followed by a booster three weeks later with the corresponding formulation. Animals in groups 3 and 4 were injected similarly with the adjuvant and PBS, respectively. All animals were orally inoculated three weeks post-booster vaccination with a live culture of O157. The animals vaccinated with the adjuvanted vaccine showed higher serum antibody titers to the vaccine st...Continue Reading

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