Immunogenic compositions comprising lawsonia intracellularis
AssigneeBoehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH
InventorsJeremy KROLL, Mike ROOF
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Abstract
The present invention provides combination vaccines that comprise an immunological agent effective for reducing the incidence of or lessening the severity of PPE caused by L. intracellularis, and one or more immunological active components effective in treatment and/or prophylaxis of at least one further disease-causing organism for swine. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a kit that comprises an immunological agent effective for reducing the incidence of or lessening the severity of PPE caused by L. intracellularis, and one or more immunological active components effective in treatment and/or prophylaxis of at least one further disease-causing organism for swine.
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A combination vaccine for a swine, comprising:
- a Lawsonia intracellularis antigen in an amount effective to protect the swine against porcine proliferative enteropathy (PPE) caused by Lawsonia intracellularis bacterium;
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- a porcine circovirus antigen in an amount effective to protect the swine against disease associated with porcine circovirus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.