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Table 2 Experimental design for studies B and C – monovalent and bivalent vaccine evaluation

From: A bivalent porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), PCV2a-PCV2b, vaccine offers biologically superior protection compared to monovalent PCV2 vaccines

Study and Treatment (T)

Vaccine or Control

n

Vaccination

Challenge

Necropsy

 

Strain

Study B

T01

Saline Control

24

Study Day 0 a

2 mL intramuscular in right neck

Study Day 21

2 mL intramuscular in Left neck

2 mL intranasal (1 mL each nare)

PCV2a

Study Day 42

T02

cPCV2a

24

T03

cPCV2a + cPCV2b

24

Study C

T01

Saline control

24

Study Day 22

2 mL intramuscular in Left neck

2 mL intranasal (1 mL each nare)

PCV2b

Study Day 43

T02

cPCV2b

24

T03

cPCV2a + cPCV2b

24

  1. a Day of study. Pigs were 20–22 days of age on Study Day 0 which corresponded to the day of vaccination.