INFLUENCE OF VACCINATION OF SOWS WITH BORDETELLA-PASTEURELLA VACCINES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ATROPHIC RHINITIS AMONG THEIR OFFSPRING AFTER EXPERIMENTAL-INFECTION WITH BORDETELLA-BRONCHISEPTICA AND TOXIGENIC PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 36  (11) , 337-345
Abstract
Experimental inoculation of piglets soon after birth with Bordetella bronchiseptica and a toxin producing strain of [Pasteurella] multocida caused severe progressive atrophic rhinitis which corresponded to the natural disease in a large proportion of the animals. Vaccination of pregnant gilts with the 2 vaccines, containing antigens from B. bronchiseptica and toxigenic P. multocida, afforded significant protection of the offspring against the nasal lesions caused by the experimental inoculation. The mean daily weight gain in pigs from vaccinated gilts was higher than in pigs from unvaccinated gilts.