One dose vaccination with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
AssigneesPfizer Inc., Pfizer Products Inc.
InventorsRobin Lee Keich, Lisa Grace Sabbadini
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder in an animal caused by infection by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) by administering to the animal at approximately three (3) to ten (10) days of age, a single dose of an effective amount of a M. hyo vaccine. The M. hyo vaccine can be a whole or partial cell inactivated or modified live preparation, a subunit vaccine, or a nucleic acid or DNA vaccine. The M. hyo vaccine administered in accordance with the present invention can be synthesized or recombinantly produced.
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A method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder in an animal caused by infection with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) comprising administering to the animal at from about 3 to about 10 days of age, an effective amount of a single dose of a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccine, wherein said M. hyopneumoniane vaccine comprises an inactivated M. hyopneumoniane whole cell preparation and wherein said single dose of the M. hyopneumoniane vaccine contains at least about 1×108 color changing units (CCU).
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