Patent ID: 9555092
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P,C12N

Claim:
1. A method for the prophylaxis and treatment of subclinical PCV2 infection in an individual swine, comprising the step of once administering a therapeutically effective amount of an immunogenic composition comprising a PCV2 ORF2 protein wherein the treatment of a sub-clinical PCV2 infection in an individual swine or a group of swine results in: a. an enhanced weight gain of those swine in fattening, b. a reduction of loss of weight gain in swine subclinically infected with PCV2, c. a reduction of virus shedding in swine subclinically infected with PCV2, d. a reduction of the duration of viremia in swine sub-clinically infected with PCV2, e. a reduction of the number of swine with viral load comprised between 10 f. an increase of the average weight gain in a swine sub-clinically infected with PCV2, and/or g. the reduction of the morbidity rate within a sub-clinically infected swine or the reduction of the mortality rate within a sub-clinically infected group of swine,