Patent ID: 6063385
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A61K,C12N

Abstract:
A method for immunizing a dog to a canine parvovirus, comprising the steps of:administering to the dog a recombinant, replication incompetent vector having a nucleic acid sequence coding for an immunogenic parvovirus capsid protein selected from the group consisting of (a) a protein comprising the entire canine parvovirus protein VP1 and (b) a protein comprising the entire canine parvovirus protein VP2, wherein the administration takes place within twelve weeks after the birth of the dog; andthereafter, and still within twelve weeks after the birth of the dog, administering to the dog a composition selected from the group consisting of (c) a protein comprising the entire canine parvovirus protein VP1, (d) a protein comprising the entire canine parvovirus protein VP2, (e) a nucleic acid sequence coding for a protein comprising the entire canine parvovirus protein VP1, and (f) a nucleic acid sequence coding for a protein comprising the entire canine parvovirus protein VP2;whereby the dog is immunized against the parvovirus until at least twelve weeks after the birth of the dog.