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Development of a DIVA subunit vaccine against Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection.
Vaccine - 30 Nov 2006
Maas Alexander, Meens Jochen, Baltes Nina, Hennig-Pauka Isabel, Gerlach Gerald-F
Abstract excerpt
Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is the causative agent of porcine pleuropneumonia which leads to high economic losses in the swine industry worldwide. Vaccination against this pathogen is hampered by the occurrence of 15 serotypes, and commonly used whole cell bacterin vaccines are not sufficiently cross-serotype protective. In addition, for generating and maintaining specified pathogen-free herds it is desirable...
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