Patent ID: 6197310
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N,C12Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A vaccine composition for vaccinating an animal, comprising:a virus which is causative of Mystery Swine Disease and a suitable carrier, said virus characterized in being sensitive to chloroform and having a size smaller than 200 nanometers, said virus being specifically reactive with serum antibodies of a sow, said serum antibodies obtained by:a) intranasally inoculating a specific pathogen free sow with two milliliters of the virus identified as deposit number I1102, deposited Jun. 5, 1991 with the Insitut Pasteur, Paris, France (at passage level 3, titer 10.sup.4,8 TCID.sub.50 /milliliter); andb) collecting serum antibodies from the thus inoculated sow after 25 to 33 days.