Altogether, 14 (39%) dogs (CI 95% 23C56) were without detectable antibodies (?0

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Altogether, 14 (39%) dogs (CI 95% 23C56) were without detectable antibodies (?0.1?IU/mL) in Group 1, whereas in Group 2, all dogs had an antibody titer greater than 0.1?IU/mL. than or exceeding 0.5?IU/mL. In Group 1, 19 out of the 36 dogs (CI 95% 36C70) had serum titer values?Telotristat serum titer values?Vulpes vulpes) have decreased in recent years due to an oral vaccination program as a part of an eradication program partially supported by the EU. There were two reported cases in 2017 in domestic animals [2]. Finland has been officially rabies free since 1991, even though lyssaviruses have been detected in bats [3C5]. Canine distemper (CD) is very rare in the Finnish dog population due to a recommended vaccination program, and during recent years, only imported cases have been detected [6]. In recent years, Telotristat the import of street dogs to Finland has dramatically increased. In 2017, 2454 street dogs were imported to Finland Telotristat compared to only 289 in 2010 2010. Thus, in Telotristat less than a decade the number of adopted street dogs in Finland has multiplied by a factor of ten. Import of street dogs represent a threat for the spread and introduction of various pathogens such as rabies virus and canine distemper virus (CDV). Virus-neutralizing antibody assays are used to verify that a humoral immune response has occurred after vaccination against rabies. An internationally accepted threshold titer of 0.5 IU/mL has been adopted [7]. Failure of vaccination may leave the animal susceptible to rabies virus and thus increase the risk developing rabies with an obvious zoonotic risk. Previous studies have demonstrated that the antibody response is influenced by the vaccine product used, the number of vaccine doses, the time between vaccinations and blood sampling, and the age, size, and breed of the dog [8C11]. Studies have suggested a failure of vaccination in imported dogs [12, 13]. Rota Nodari et al. [13] found a higher vaccination failure rate in imported dogs (13.15%) than in those vaccinated in Italy (5.89%) and De Benedictis et al. [14] reported a vaccination failure rate as high as a 37% in dogs crossing the Italian border from Eastern European countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the rabies SFN antibody levels in street dogs vaccinated in and imported from the Russian Federation or Romania, and to compare the antibody titers with those of dogs vaccinated in Finland. The need to compare these two groups arose due to suspicion of forged importation documents. The serum samples were additionally analyzed for antibodies against CDV since one dog in Group 1 was euthanized due to CD. The study material comprised serum samples from 72 dogs vaccinated against rabies. These were grouped in two groups: Street dogs imported into Finland and vaccinated in either the Russian Federation (n?=?31), or Romania (n?=?5) (n?=?36, Group 1) and dogs born, raised and vaccinated in Finland (n?=?36, Group 2). The samples were taken between January and March 2018. The.