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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1990
Gary R Petersen, Lakeville, MN (US);
K I Dayalu, Lincoln, NE (US);
Solvay Animal Health, Inc., Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a bacterin comprising a virulent Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae isolate, inactivated with binary ethyleneimine, in an amount effective to immunize a swine against infection by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and a suitable physiologically acceptable carrier. The invention also provides a method of producing this bacterin. The invention further provides a method of inactivating a virulent strain of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae by contacting the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae with binary ethyleneimine. Finally, the invention also provides a method of immunizing swine against infection by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae comprising administering to the swine a dose of the bacterin so as to immunize the swine.