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Table 1 Commercially available RVF vaccines that are licensed for use in livestock

From: Safety and immunogenicity of inactivated Rift Valley Fever Smithburn viral vaccine in sheep

Vaccine

Type

Company

Route of administration/dose

Use in pregnant animals

References

Live Rift Valley Fever (Smithburn strain)

Live-attenuated

OBP, South Africa;

1 mL S/C in sheep, goat and cattle

No

[4, 20, 21]

RIFTVAX TM (Smithburn strain) vaccine

Live-attenuated

KEVEVAPI, Kenya)

1 mL S/C in sheep and goats, 2 mL in cattle

No

[4, 20, 21]

RVFV (Clone-13) vaccine

Live-attenuated

OBP, South Africa

1 mL S/C in sheep, goats and cattle

Yes

[4, 20, 21]

Formalin-inactivated RVFV (South African field strain)

Inactivated

OBP, South Africa

1 mL S/C in sheep and goats, 2 mL in cattle

Yes

[4, 20, 22]

Riftovax live-attenuated thermostable Clone 13 vaccine (CL-13T)

Live-attenuated

MCI Sante Animale, Morocco

1 mL S/C in sheep, goats and cattle

Yes

[21, 23]

BEI-inactivated RVFV (ZH501 strain) vaccine

Inactivated

VSVRI, Egypt

1 mL S/C in sheep and goats, 2 mL in cattle

Yes

[20, 21]

  1. OBP onderstepoort biological products, KEVEVAPI Kenya Veterinary Vaccine Producing Institute, VSVRI Veterinary Serum and Vaccine Research Institute, MCI Multi-Chemical Industry, BEI binary ethylenimine, S/C subcutaneous, ZH501 Zagazig Hospital RVFV strain 501