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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Intervet Inc., Madison, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Theodorus Petrus Maria Schetters, Cuijk, NL;
Koen Gevers, Boxmeer, NL;
Assignee:
Intervet Inc., Madison, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/002 (2006.01); A61K 45/00 (2006.01); C12N 3/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/012 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); C12M 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 3/00 (2013.01); A61K 39/012 (2013.01); C12M 27/10 (2013.01); C12M 33/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention pertains to a method to sporulate coccidial oocysts purified from animal faeces (), the method comprising providing the purified oocysts as a layer () on a supporting surface (), maintaining the layer at least intermittently in an oxygen containing gaseous environment () having a relative humidity of at least 15% and maintaining the temperature of the oocysts between 19° C. and 37° C. The invention also pertains to sporulated oocysts obtained with this method and to a vaccine containing such sporulated oocysts.