Immunogenicity and efficacy of serogroup A and D bacterins against in mice.

Front Vet Sci

Lab of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.

Published: March 2023

Introduction: is a widespread respiratory pathogen in pigs, causing swine pneumonia and atrophic rhinitis, and the capsular serogroups A and D are the main epidemic serogroups in infected animals. This study investigated the protective effects of serogroup A and D bacterins against current circulating strains, to better understand the immunity generated by bacterins.

Method: 13 serogroup A (seven A: L3 and six A: L6 strains) and 13 serogroup D (all D: L6 strains) strains were isolated, and used as inactivated whole cell antigen to prepare bacterins. Mice were immunized with these bacterins at 21-day interval and intraperitoneally challenged with the homologous and heterologous strains, respectively. The antibody titer levels and immunization protective efficacy of vaccines were evaluated.

Results: All of the bacterins tested induced high titer levels of immunoglobulin G antibodies against the parental bacterial antigen in mice. Vaccination with the six A: L6 bacterins provided no protection against the parent strain, but some strains did provide heterologous protection against A: L3 strains. Vaccination with the seven A: L3 bacterins provided 50%-100% protection against the parent strain, but none gave heterologous protection against the A:L6 strains. Immunization with the thirteen D: L6 bacterins offered 60%-100% protection against the parent strain, and almost all D: L6 strains gave cross-protection.

Discussion: This study found that the cross-protectivity of serogroup A strains was poor, while serogroup D strains was effective, which provided some insights for vaccine development.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10014835PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1132536DOI Listing

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