Infection and treatment method (ITM) vaccine against East Coast fever: reducing the number of doses per straw for use in smallholder dairy herds by thawing, diluting and refreezing already packaged vaccine

Table 2 Clinical and parasitological responses in cattle challenged with ILRI 0804 vaccine stabilate

Animal	Days to fever	Duration of fever (d)	Days to schizonts	Duration of schizonts (d)	Days to piroplasm	ECF reaction
Group 1 Immunizing Dose 1:14
BF 051	12	2	8	8	nd^a	mild
BF 056	nd	nd	9	1	nd	mild
BF 061	11	10	11	8	15	severe
BF 066	nd	nd	8	2	nd	mild
BF 069	nd	nd	8	1	nd	mild
Group 2 Immunizing Dose 1:20
BF 049	nd	nd	13	3	nd	mild
BF 052	8	7	8	10	15	mod^b.
BF 060	nd	nd	11	5	nd	mild
BF 065	nd	nd	nd	nd	nd	mild
BF 068	nd	nd	13	2	nd	mild
Control
BF 045	9	7	8	10	13	severe
BF 071	8	10	8	11	13	severe

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