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Anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis, is an acute disease affecting wildlife, livestock, and humans worldwide, although its impact on these populations is underappreciated. In Ukraine, surveillance is passive, and anthrax is often detected in livestock. However, wildlife is not subject to surveillance, although anthrax deaths (such as in wild boar, Sus scrofa) have been documented. The wild boar is a plentiful and widespread species in Ukraine and is frequently hunted. We initiated a screening study testing Ukrainian wild boar blood samples for antibodies to B. anthracis. We mapped results relative to known livestock anthrax hotspots. We discovered evidence of exposure in wild boar up to 35 km from livestock anthrax hotspots and over 400 km from previous anthrax reports in boars. We make recommendations about using wildlife species as biosentinels for anthrax in Ukraine.

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In vivo potency testsof rabies inactivated vaccines for veterinary use. A 2-year retrospective analysis of data according to the criteria of the European Pharmacopoeia.

Introduction. Anthraxisazoonoticdisease, which has keeps being registered in different areas of the world which signifies the constant threatofthediseaseemergenceandspread. One of the current ways of increasing efficiency of anthrax vaccines is applying advanced technologies, protein engineering[1].However, among its disadvantages is that fact the anthrax antigen is easily destroyed by enzymes proteases [2]. Therefore,modernveterinarysciencefaces urgentproblemsofdevelopingeffectivepreventivemeasuresinanimalsagainstanthrax. ON-timevaccinationwithfullcoverageof all livestock, animal revaccination of all kinds,strict control over the gravesites remnantsofcorpsesafterburning,observanceand enforcementofoperatinginstructionsduring improvingactionsindisadvantagedlocations makesthebasisforanthraxprevention[3-4]. G.L.Skadovskyreceivedtheprimarymaterialinthelaboratoryofhisownmanorlocated in our country and later on professor L. S. TsenkovskyyfromtheKharkivUniversityproduced the first vaccine for the vaccination from it. Thus, the first vaccinations were carriedoutbythelocaldoctorofveterinarymed-icineP.V.Voznesensky(1333sheepownedby Skadovsky G. L. were vaccinated). Having examinedtheimmunesystemof30vaccinated and10unvaccinatedsheeptherewasrecorded:«Onthebasisofforegoing,theCommission made completely sure, that the vaccine pre-paredbyProfessorTsenkovsky,protectsheep