Safety of human therapeutic morphine vaccine employing Lohmann specific pathogen free eggs
A Farhangi1, A Akbarzadeh, M R Mehrabi
1Department of Pilot Biotechnology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran.
Abstract:
One of the sensitive and standard tests to control the safety of a vaccine is the inoculation of such vaccine to the air pocket of Lohmann specific pathogen free eggs. The aim of this study is to control the safety of morphine vaccine. This study reveals the safety of morphine vaccine by employing Lohmann specific pathogen free embryo eggs. The changeable parameters in this test were: weight of eggs, safety of eggs embryo, vaccine concentration, normal saline and temperature of the incubator. To study, the safety of morphine vaccine, we used 30 eggs (after controlling the safety of eggs and their embryos) which were divided into two groups of control (15 eggs) and test (15 eggs). After weighing the eggs, the eggs under experiment were inoculated with morphine vaccine and the control group was inoculated with physiological solution. Both groups were incubated and weight of the eggs and chickens were determined accordingly. The eggs of each group were controlled by their weights showing healthy, normal growth and evolution. The comparison between the weights of control and experimental groups did not show any significant changes. Exactly growth and evolution of each group were found equally to be balancing for three weeks after injection. Finally all eggs were observed to be safe, alive and in evolutionary form. By comparing the growth and evolution amongst each egg in the group under experiment, after injection, the eggs did not show any adverse reaction after inoculation with therapeutic human morphine vaccine.
Insights
This study assessed the safety of a morphine vaccine using specific pathogen-free eggs. Results indicate the vaccine is safe, showing no adverse effects on embryo development or weight.
Area of Science:
- Veterinary Virology
- Vaccine Safety Testing
- Embryology
Background:
- Vaccine safety is critical and standard tests involve inoculating specific pathogen-free (SPF) eggs.
- Lohmann SPF eggs are a recognized model for vaccine safety evaluation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the safety of a morphine vaccine.
- To determine if morphine vaccine affects embryo development and egg parameters.
Main Methods:
- Utilized 30 Lohmann SPF eggs, divided into test (morphine vaccine) and control (saline) groups.
- Monitored egg and subsequent chicken weights, embryo safety, and overall development over three weeks.
- Controlled variables included egg weight, embryo viability, vaccine concentration, saline, and incubator temperature.
Main Results:
- Eggs in both control and test groups exhibited healthy growth and development.
- No significant differences in weight changes were observed between the morphine-vaccinated and control groups.
- All embryos demonstrated normal evolution and survival, with no adverse reactions noted post-vaccination.
Conclusions:
- The morphine vaccine is deemed safe for use, as demonstrated by its lack of adverse effects in SPF embryo eggs.
- The Lohmann SPF egg model effectively confirmed the safety profile of the therapeutic human morphine vaccine.
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