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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Danny W Chladek, St. Joseph, MO (US);
David E Gorcyca, St. Joseph, MO (US);
Louis L Harris, Forsythe, MO (US);
Assignee:
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242041 ; 4241991 ; 435236 ; 435237 ;
Abstract
A substantially avirulent vaccine against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is provided, which effectively immunizes swine against the U.S. and European forms of the disease, together with a method of growing the viral agent in vitro, and a method of attenuating the virus for vaccine preparation.