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Bulletin No. 18 - Spring 2004
SIPASSwine Influenza
BARIGAZZI G, FONI E, MANTOVANI G, SPERATI RUFFONI L, LEOTTI G
Valutazione sierologia dell'efficacia di un protocollo vaccinale per influenza suina in soggetti all'ingrasso - (Serological responses against swine influenza virus induced by two different vaccine schemes in Italian fattening pigs).
Società Italiana di Patologia ed Allevamento dei Suini - Proceedings, 2004, 175-180
At their introduction into the herd, 32 pigs of 10 weeks of age were distributed into 2 groups, each group being subsequently subjected to a different vaccination protocol. Pigs of one group were vaccinated three times with AKIPOR®FLU (Merial) at 80, 110 and 190 days of age while the remaining pigs were vaccinated twice with AKIPOR®FLU (Merial) at 80 and 110 days of age and once with AKIPOR®(Merial) at 190 days of age. The results of this study show that a third vaccination at 6 months of age with AKIPOR®FLU (Merial) induces higher specific antibody levels, better immune protection and thus can help to reduce economic loss due to potential infections with swine influenza virus occurring at the end of fattening.
