Project

DysProtect: Vaccine development and diagnostic technique for Brachyspira in pigs

Acronym
Brachyspira
Code
F2014/IOF-CONCTT/272
Duration
15 April 2015 → 01 July 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
    • Other veterinary sciences
    • Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
 
Project description

Protection of pigs against dysentery by vaccination with a live, low-virulent strain of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae. Objective: the protective potential of a evaluate a typed strain to realize a patent application for this strain.