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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Xuemei Cao, East Lyme, CT (US);
Michael G. Sheppard, Stonington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Xuemei Cao, East Lyme, CT (US);
Michael G. Sheppard, Stonington, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K039/12 ; A01N063/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of producing attenuated forms of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus by mutating the Nprotease gene. The invention includes the attenuated viruses made by this method, antibodies generated using these viruses, and vaccines that can be used for immunizing cattle.