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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Vicky Fachinger, Bad Soden, DE;
Knut Elbers, Gau Algesheim, DE;
Axel Lischewski, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Marion Kixmoeller, Munich, DE;
Francois-xavier Orveillon, Mainz, DE;
Isabelle Freiin Von Richthofen, Charlottenlund, DK;
Michael Piontkowski, Perry, KS (US);
Vicky Fachinger, Bad Soden, DE;
Knut Elbers, Gau Algesheim, DE;
Axel Lischewski, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Marion Kixmoeller, Munich, DE;
Francois-Xavier Orveillon, Mainz, DE;
Isabelle Freiin Von Richthofen, Charlottenlund, DK;
Michael Piontkowski, Perry, KS (US);
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., St. Joseph, MO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of a PCV2 infection or for reduction of clinical symptoms caused by or associated with a PCV2 infection in animals a) having anti-PCV2 antibodies and/or b) being young piglets of 1 to 22 days of age, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a PCV2 antigen to that animal in need of such treatment. Preferably, those animals are pigs or young piglets.