Inventors:
Robin Lee Keich - Portage MI, US
Lisa Grace Sabbadini - Mystic CT, US
Assignee:
Zoetis LLC - Florham Park NJ
International Classification:
A61K 49/00
A61K 39/38
US Classification:
424 91, 424 92, 424 931, 424 934, 4241841, 4242341, 4242641, 435243, 435870
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing a disease or disorder in an animal caused by infection by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) by administering to the animal at approximately three (3) to ten (10) days of age, a single dose of an effective amount of a M. hyo vaccine. The M. hyo vaccine can be a whole or partial cell inactivated or modified live preparation, a subunit vaccine, or a nucleic acid or DNA vaccine. The M. hyo vaccine administered in accordance with the present invention can be synthesized or recombinantly produced.