Code
01SF0611
Duration
01 January 2012 → 31 December 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Animal biology
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary medicine
- Other veterinary sciences
- Other agricultural, veterinary and food sciences
Keywords
enzootic pneumonia
mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
vaccination
Project description
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the etiological agent of swine enzootic pneumonia, one of the most important respiratory diseases in pigs. The aim of this project is to determine if a a recombinant chimeric antigen of M. hyopneumoniae fused to the B subunit of heat labile enterotoxin of E. coli, is able to induce protection against an experimental M; hyopneumoniae infection in pigs.