Evaluation of the efficacy of a commercial inactivated genogroup 2b-based porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) vaccine and experimental live genogroup 1b exposure against 2b challenge

Abstract Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus strains from the G1b cluster are considered less pathogenic compared to the G2b cluster. The aim of this study was to compare the ability of G1b-based live virus exposure against use of a commercial G2b–based inactivated vaccine to protect growing pigs agains...

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Main Authors: Tanja Opriessnig, Priscilla F. Gerber, Huigang Shen, Alessandra Marnie M. G. de Castro, Jianqiang Zhang, Qi Chen, Patrick Halbur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Veterinary Research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13567-017-0472-z