Vaccination of calves against Taenia saginata infection using a “parasite-free” vaccine

Abstract

Calves were vaccinated with antigens collected during in vitro cultivation of the larval stages of Taenia ovis, T. hydatigena or T. saginata, and challenged 4 weeks later with 4 000 T. saginata eggs. Calves vaccinated with T. saginata antigen were highly resistant to the challenge infection and those groups vaccinated with T. ovis and T. hydatigena were also significantly resistant.