Protective effects of an oral microencapsulated Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccine against experimental infection in pigs. |
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Authors: | C N Weng Y L Tzan S D Liu S Y Lin C J Lee |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, Pig Research Institute, Chu-Nan, Miaoli, Taiwan. |
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Abstract: | Oral microencapsulated Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccines were tested for their ability to prevent mycoplasmal pneumonia in pigs. Eighteen four-week-old specific pathogen free pigs were divided into six groups of three. Each pig of groups 1 to 4 was inoculated intramuscularly with formalin-inactivated M hyopneumoniae in adjuvant and boosted orally 14 days later with four different microencapsulated vaccine microspheres. Group 5 was used as a positive control. All 15 pigs of groups 1 to 5 were challenged at 28 days after the first vaccination by an intratracheal inoculation of pneumonic lung suspension. The three pigs of group 6 were used as a negative control. All four vaccinated groups showed some protection when challenged, but the protection was more solid in pigs boosted with vaccine D (group 4) which contained less porcine serum in the microsphere. The study indicates that oral vaccination with M hyopneumoniae could play a role in prevention and eradication of mycoplasmal pneumonia in the pig. |
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