Protective Effects of Oral Microencapsulated Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Vaccine Prepared by Co-Spray Drying Method.

Accession number;03A0102001
Title;Protective Effects of Oral Microencapsulated Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Vaccine Prepared by Co-Spray Drying Method.
Author; LIN J H (National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Twn) WENG C N (Animal Technol. Inst. Taiwan, Miaoli, Twn) LIAO C W (Animal Technol. Inst. Taiwan, Miaoli, Twn) YEH K S (Animal Technol. Inst. Taiwan, Miaoli, Twn) PAN M J (National Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Twn)
Journal Title;J Vet Med Sci
Journal Code:F0905A
ISSN:0916-7250
VOL.65;NO.1;PAGE.69-74(2003)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.3, REF.27
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;The efficacy of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae oral vaccine was investigated in microsphere dosage form. A co-spray drying process was used to apply an encapsulating material, Eudragit L30 D-55, to microspheres containing Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae antigens. The microspheres were generally effective (>93%) with protein release at pH 7.4, but almost none were released at pH 1.2, for 3 hr in an in vitro dissolution test. An SPF-swine model was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the microspheres as an oral vaccine, and the related immune responses. The serum's systemic IgG against M hyopneumoniae was evoked by ELISA analysis, after a 2nd immunization of all pigs. The vaccinated groups' mean lesion score was significantly lower after the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae challenge than that of the nonvaccinated/challenged groups (P<0.05). This study strongly suggests that the oral microspheres vaccine prepared by a co-spray drying method can provide effective protection against M. hyopneumoniae infection in pigs. (author abst.)
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