Abstract: A combination vaccine for increasing the resistance of swine to dysentery infection comprises killed cells of a virulent isolate of Treponema hyodysenteriae in combination with concentrated killed cells of Bacteroides vulgatus, or Fusobacterium necrophorum, or mixtures thereof. This combination vaccine can be adapted for either oral or parenteral administration. For parenteral administration preferably only Bacteroides vulgatus is used in combination with Treponema hyodysenteriae. The oral vaccine is enteric-coated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 1, 1979
Date of Patent:
May 20, 1980
Assignees:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Burns-Biotec Laboratories, Inc.
Inventors:
Delbert L. Harris, Robert A. Goodnow, Robert D. Glock, Joann M. Kinyon