The granulomatous lymphadenitis is an economically important infectious disease in alpacas. This disease is caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, which is a gram positive bacterium that has an exotoxin (Phospholipase D) as its main virulence factor. The objective of this study was to test the efficacy of a vaccine in a group of mice (20 vaccinated and 20 control). The vaccine was prepared with protein extracts from C. pseudotuberculosis isolated from an alpaca, containing the exotoxin, and used for the immunization of mice which received 16 g of protein extract. This confered protection after challenging intraperitoneally with 104 UFC of C. pseudotuberculosis. The vaccine ameliorated the toxic effects of C. pseudotuberculosis, which was evidenced by the decrease in number and size of abscesses in the vaccinated group (40% affected), in contrast with the severe and systemic damage...

La linfadenitis granulomatosa es una enfermedad de significancia económica en alpacas, la cual es causada por Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, una bacteria gram positiva cuyo principal factor de virulencia es una exotoxina (fosfolipasa D). El objetivo del presente trabajo fue probar la eficacia de una vacuna elaborada a partir de precipitado proteico de C. pseudotuberculosis conteniendo la exotoxina, en un grupo de 20 ratones (grupo vacunado), quienes recibieron el inóculo con C.pseudotuberculosis, frente a otro grupo de 20 ratones (grupo control), quienes recibieron placebo y el inóculo. La inmunización del grupo vacunado con 16 g del precipitado proteico de C. pseudotuberculosis indujo protección después de la inoculación intraperitoneal con 104 UFC de C. pseudotuberculosis. La vacuna disminuyó los efectos tóxicos del C. pseudotuberculosis, lo cual se observó con la dismin...