Research Article

Comparing Intradermal (ID) Rabies Vaccination with Conventional IM Regimen on Humoral Response of New Zealand White Rabbits for the Production of Animal-Derived Polyclonal Antibodies

Table 1

Distribution of the tested animals among distinct groups according to vaccination schedules.

Group IDVaccination regimen appliedImmunization days 0-3-7-14-28Sites of injectionTotal vaccine vials used/animal

R1 (control)Essen IM single dose 0.5 ml1-1-1-1-1
28 days
1-site5 vials

R2IPC (ID) 0.1 ml/site2-2-2-0-0
7 days
2-site1.1 vials

R3TRC (ID) 0.1 ml/site2-2-2-0-2
28 days
2-site1.1 vials

R4Alternate (ID) 0.1 ml/site4-4-4-0-0
7 days
4-site3 vials

Booster doses: as recommended by WHO for polyclonal RIG production.