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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Merial Limited, Duluth, GA (US);
Paulraj Kirubakaran Lawrence, Worthington, MN (US);
Russell F. Bey, Arden Hills, MN (US);
MERIAL, INC., Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is avaccine against serovar type 4 capable of triggering a protective immune response when administered to pigs as a killed vaccine. The present invention is also a method for vaccinating swine againstinfection, serovar type 4, by a) clonally propagating one or more cells which are capable of triggering an immune response againstinfection, serovar type 4, that protects the pig againstinfection, and b) combining an immunologically effective amount of the cells with a veterinarily acceptable carrier in a form suitable for administration as a vaccine to the pig, and c) administering as a killed vaccine. The cell culture is from a pathogenic parent strain.