Protection tests in pigs vaccinated with the lapinized Chinese strain of hog cholera virus (HCV) previously adapted in a minipig kidney (MPK) cell line, to challenge infection with virulent HCV.

Abstract

Pigs which had been vaccinated with the Lapinized Chinese strain of Hog Cholera Virus previously adapted in a minipig cell line cultures (MPK-LC-HCV), resultet to be protected when they were subjected to challenge infection with virulent Hog Cholera Virus (HCV) 6 or 11 months later. The challenge virus was never isolated from any of the vaccinated pigs. The MPK-LC-HCV vaccine induced a significant rise of the antibody titer to the HCV in pigs kept under field conditions.