Patent ID: 7691368

Claim:
An oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion comprising: (1) an aqueous solution containing a vaccine antigen or immunogen capable of inducing an immune response in a host, wherein the antigen or immunogen is a whole organism, a killed organism, an attenuated organism, a live organism, a recombinant vector containing an insert with immunogenic properties, a piece or fragment of DNA capable of inducing an immune response upon presentation to a host animal, a protein, a glycoprotein, a lipoprotein, a polypeptide, a peptide, a toxin or an antitoxin; (2) a non-ionic lipophilic ethoxylated fatty alcohol; (3) a mineral oil; (4) a non-ionic hydrophilic surfactant selected from the group of ethoxylated fatty alcohol, polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer (POE-POP block copolymer) and/or any combination thereof.