Streptococcus suis is an important bacterial pathogen in pigs and also an emerging zoonotic agent. In order to reduce the impact of this bacterium, farms use autogenous vaccines. Since S. suis is poorly immunogenic, and each company develops its own production protocol using a strain isolated from the farm requiring the service, it is difficult to know if this type of vaccine is effective. Four experts compared vaccination periods and the impact of maternal antibodies on the effectiveness of these vaccines.
Presenter: Marcelo Gottschalk 3200 Sicotte, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, St-Hyacinthe, QC, J2S 2M2, Canada.
Authors, co-authors:
Marcelo Gottschalk, Mariela Segura, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada Laetitia Cloutier, Marie-Claude Poulin, Centre de développement du porc du Québec
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