Biotechnologia Acta (Dec 2016)

THE APPROACHES TO DESIGNING OF NEW GENERATION VACCINES AGAINST THE SHEEP POX DISEASE

  • E. F. Yilmaz,
  • P. P. Arayici,
  • A. M. Maharramov ,
  • Z. Mustafaeva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15407/biotech9.06.007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 6
pp. 7 – 15

Abstract

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In this review the authors analyzed the sheep pox disease, which occurs outbreaks all over the world particularly in Asia and Africa causing substantial losses in trade of animal and animal products. They categorized the sheep pox disease is one of the prioritized groups of diseases against which the World Organization for Animal Health is fighting. Data concerning a sheep poxes’ history, epidemiology, epizootiology, mortality and economic impact, clinical and pathological signs, features of capripoxvirus that forms the disease are given. Diagnosis treatment and vaccine have been investigated as well. The main conclusion is done according which the designing of new vaccine generation against the sheep pox disease could be as an alternative approach against sheep pox.

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