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Table 3 Summary of the efficacy data in different target species after vaccination with SAG2 vaccine administered either by direct instillation in the mouth or by bait consumption

From: Twenty year experience of the oral rabies vaccine SAG2 in wildlife: a global review

Species

Mean age

No of animals, route

SAG dose per animal

Challenge after vaccination

Seroconversion

Survival after challenge

Rabies virus positive brains

Source

Red fox

± 12 months

5 p.o.

107 p.f.u.

29 days

5/5

5/5

0/5

[31]

 

± 12 months

5 p.o.

108 p.f.u.

5/5

5/5

0/5

 
 

± 12 months

5 controls

-

0/5

0/5

5/5

 

Red fox

± 9 months

6 p.o.

107.5 p.f.u.

85 days

6/6

6/6

0/6

[26]

 

± 9 months

2 controls

-

0/2

0/2

2/2

 
 

± 9 months

5 p.o.

107.5 p.f.u.

220 days

5/5

5/5

0/5

 
 

± 9 months

1 control

-

0/1

0/1

1/1

 
 

± 9 months

6 p.o.

107.5 p.f.u.

303 days

6/6

6/6

0/6

 
 

± 9 months

2 controls

-

0/2

0/2

  

Red fox

13-14 months

5 p.o. (bait)

107.0 CCID50

30 days

5/5

4/5

1/5

[26]

  

5 p.o. (bait)

108.0 CCID50

5/5

4/5

1/5

 
  

5 p.o. (bait)

109.0 CCID50

5/5

5/5

0/5

 
  

2 controls

-

0/2

0/2

2/2

 

Red fox

6.4 months to 4.5 years

25 p.o. (bait)

108.0 CCID50

180 days

21/25

22/25

3/25

[26]

 

10 controls

-

0/10

0/10

10/10

 

Raccoon dog

6 months

29 p.o. (23 bait, 6 instill)

108.15 CCID50

201 days

29/29

28/28

0/28

[35]

 

6 months

12 controls

-

0/12

0/11

11/11

 

Side-striped jackal

≥ 9 months

3 p.o. (instill)

106.5 CCID50

6 months

2/3

3/3

0/3

[30]

 

≥ 9 months

3 p.o. (instill)

107.5 CCID50

2/3

2/3

1/3

 
 

≥ 9 months

3 controls

-

0/3

0/3

3/3

 

Black-backed jackal

≥ 9 months

3 p.o. (instill)

106.5 CCID50

6 months

3/3

3/3

0/3

[30]

 

≥ 9 months

3 p.o. (instill)

107.5 CCID50

3/3

3/3

0/3

 
 

≥ 9 months

2 controls

-

0/2

0/2

2/2

 

Side-striped jackal

≥ 9 months

5 p.o. (bait)

108.25 CCID50

30 days

5/5

5/5

 

[30]

 

≥ 9 months

5 p.o. (bait)

107.25 CCID50

3/5

3/5

  
 

≥ 9 months

5 controls

 

0/5

0/5

  

Golden jackals

≥ 9 months

14 p.o. (bait)

108.0 CCID50

160 days

11/14

12/14 (85.7%)

 

[50]

 

≥ 9 months

10 controls

-

0/10

0/10 (0%)

  

Arctic fox

 

10 p.o. (bait)

107.75 SMICLD50

7 weeks

10/10

10/10

0/10

[52]

  

4 controls

-

0/4

1/4

3/4

 

Raccoon

adult

5 p.o. (instill)

109.0 TCID50

30 days

3/5

5/5

0/5

[55]

 

adult

5 controls

-

0/5

0/5

5/5

 

Striped skunk

adult

5 p.o. (instill)

109.0 TCID50

30 days

2/5

5/5

0/5

[55]

 

adult

5 controls

-

0/5

0/4*

4/5

 

Coyotes

unknown

4 p.o. (liquid bait form)

107.3 TCID50

30 days

2/4

3/4

1/4

(Rupprecht et al.: Efficacy of SAG2 for oral vaccination of coyotes against rabies, unpublished)

 

unknown

4 p.o. (liquid bait form)

108.3 TCID50

3/4

4/4

0/4

 
 

unknown

4 p.o. (liquid bait form)

109.6 TCID50

4/4

4/4

0/4

 
 

unknown

5 p.o. (lyophilized bait form)

106.9 TCID50

3/5

2/5

3/5

 
 

unknown

5 p.o. (lyophilized bait form)

107.2 TCID50

3/5

4/5

1/5

 
 

unknown

5 p.o. (lyophilized bait form)

108.3 TCID50

5/5

5/5

0/5

 
 

unknown

5 controls

 

0/5

0/5

5/5

 
  1. *1 control skunk died following sedation on day 83 and was negative for rabies.
  2. p.o. = per os, p.f.u. = plaque forming units, CCID50 = cell culture infective dose 50%, TCID50 = median tissue culture infectious dose 50%, SMICLD50 = suckling mouse intracranial 50% lethal dose.