Code
01CD8722
Duration
01 January 2023 → 30 June 2023
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary conservation medicine, preventive medicine and hygiene
- Veterinary herd health management
- Veterinary immunology
- Veterinary microbiology
Keywords
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
diagnostics
immune responses
Project description
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections lead to major economic losses in pig production worldwide.
Current commercial vaccines provide only partial protection. The effect of different vaccines on an
infection with different M. hyopneumoniae strains and host immune responses is studied. This may
support the development of new vaccines which could prevent transmission and provide better
protection against clinical disease and economic losses.