abstract |
The present invention relates to procedures for the treatment or prevention of a disease or disorder in an animal caused by infection by Mycoplasrna hyopneurnoniae (M. hyo) by administration to an animal, at approximately three (3) to ten (10) days of age, of a single dose of an effective amount of an M. hyo vaccine. The M. hyo vaccine can be a preparation, of modified living cells or partially inactivated cells or, completely, a subunit vaccine or a nucleic acid or DNA vaccine. The M. hyo vaccine administered according to the present invention can be produced synthetically or recombinantly. |