Immunogenic composition containing inactivated swine infertility and respiratory Syndrome virus

US6241990A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Regents of the University of Minnesota · US
• South Dakota State University · US
• BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBH · DE

Inventors

• James E. Collins · White Bear Lake, US
• David A. Benfield · Brookings, US
• Danny W. Chladek · Warrenton, US
• Louis L. Harris · Warrenton, US
• David E. Gorcyca · Warrenton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 31, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2001
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/975
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention includes a vaccine and sera for treatment of Mystery Swine Disease (MSD), a method for producing the vaccine, methods for diagnosis of MSD, a viral agent that will mimic "mystery swine disease" and antibodies to the viral agent useful in diagnosis and treatment of MSD. The serum contains mammalian antibodies which are effective in treating MSD.