Therapeutic vaccination against dermatophytosis in horses with Insol (R) Dermatophyton - results of a field-study in eleven German counties

Citation
A. Fenner et J. Karle, Therapeutic vaccination against dermatophytosis in horses with Insol (R) Dermatophyton - results of a field-study in eleven German counties, PRAKT TIER, 81(7), 2000, pp. 574-578
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
PRAKTISCHE TIERARZT
ISSN journal
0032681X → ACNP
Volume
81
Issue
7
Year of publication
2000
Pages
574 - 578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-681X(20000701)81:7<574:TVADIH>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The treatment of dermatophytosis by the inactivated vaccine Insol(R)Dermato phyton was studied in eleven German counties between the end of 1997 and th e beginning of March 1999. 2 486 suspected clinical cases of dermatophytosi s were treated by 139 practicing veterinarians. 95 per cent of the cases sh owed a successful treatment four weeks after the 2nd vaccination. 3.9 per c ent of the cases demonstrated side effects which in all cases were mild and temporary. The use of the vaccine as a treatment for dermatophytosis can b e classified as very successful. Due to vaccination with Insol(R)Dermatophy ton the veterinarian now has the possibility of effectively and easily trea ting dermatophytosis.