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Efficacy Of A Chimeric Pcv2 Vaccine: A Field Trial, Termsitthi Paphavasit, Philip Lehrbach, Wichian Navasakuljinda, Roongtham Kedkovid, Sitthichok Lacharoje, Roongroje Thanawongnuwech, Komkrich Teankum

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Field trial of a Chimeric porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) (Suvaxyn PCV2®, Fort Dodge Animal Health, USA) vaccine was performed in order to investigate the efficacy on decreasing pathological lesions and PCV2 viremia in a PCV2-affected swine herd in Thailand. A herd was selected based on history and serological data. Three-week-old pigs (n = 200) were equally divided into two groups. At 4 weeks old, the pigs (n = 100) were injected intramuscularly with 2 ml of Suvaxyn PCV2® vaccine and the non-vaccinated pigs were injected with 2 ml of normal saline. Sera were collected from 20 pigs per group …