Title: Efficacy of Canine Influenza Virus (H3N8) Vaccine to Reduce Pulmonary Lesions after Co-challenge with Canine Influenza Virus and Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus

Biography:

Dr. Yinduo Ji is a Professor at University of Minnesota. Dr. Yinduo Ji completed his Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology and Immunology in 1993 from China Academy of Preventive Medicine (current Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention), Beijing, China. Dr. Yinduo Ji has bagged many honors and awards. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Yinduo Ji is associated with various professional and scientific Societies like American Society for Microbiology and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Abstract

To examine the effectiveness of canine influenza vaccination to reduce pulmonary lesions in dogs co-challenged with CIV and S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus.In this study, four groups of 7- to 10-week-old, CIV-naive beagles (32 dogs total) were used. One group was vaccinated with CIV vaccine (group 4) and the remaining 3 groups (groups 1, 2 and 3) were not vaccinated. Group 1 was challenged with CIV, group 2 was challenged with S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus and groups 3 and 4 were co-challenged with CIV and S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus.