Oral delivery of bovine tuberculosis vaccine to free-ranging white-tailed deer
Vaccine DUs were deployed in 2024 at 11 agricultural sites on private land which had previously demonstrated moderate to high deer activity and at all but two sites >50% of distributed vaccine DU's were consumed, with 100% consumed at two sites. Deer learned to seek out and consume vaccine DU's in just 1 to 3 days, with individuals often eating more than the 1 or 2 needed to vaccinate themselves. This high level of consumption was in spite of an exceptionally warm and dry winter, where deer were less food stressed than usual.
Authors
- Michael J. Lavelle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2766-5673)
- Mitchell V. Palmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5902-3333)
- Carly Kanipe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6024-7580)
- Paola Mercedes Boggiatto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3426-2426)
- Melinda K. Cosgrove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9434-141X)
- Kim M. Pepin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9931-8312)
- Abigail B. Feuka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6201-4892)
- Michael P. Glow
- Henry Campa
- Michael Vanderklok
- Emily W. Ruell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9990-264X)
- Kurt C. VerCauteren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4783-493X)
- Anthony Duffiney
- Nathan P. Snow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6493)
- Keely J. Kohen
- Patrick J. Ryan
- Hayden Hamby
- Tony Aderman
Institutions
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (US)
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources (US)
- Agricultural Research Service (US)
- United States Department of Agriculture (US)
- Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Published
- 2025-02-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1548627
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Michigan State University
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- College of Engineering, Michigan State University