Table 1.
Experimental groupa | Inoculum | Immunization route | Vaccination days | Challenge | |
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Inoculume | Dpv | ||||
G1 | Ad-blankb | IM | 0, 21 | HNPJ | 28 |
G2 | rAd-PEDV-Sc | IM | 0, 21 | HNPJ | 28 |
G3 | Inactivated vaccined | IM | 0, 21 | HNPJ | 28 |
G4 | PBS | IM | 0, 21 | HNPJ | 28 |
aEach group contained five 4-week-old weaned piglets. b–dPigs in these three groups were vaccinated intramuscularly with 1010 PFU/mL Ad-blank, 1010 PFU/mL rAd-PEDV-S, and 2 mL of commercial PEDV inactivated vaccine (inactivated virus of the genotype GIIb strain; virus titer before inactivation ≥ 107 TCID50), respectively. eEach pig was challenged orally with a virus suspension containing 2 × 105 TCID50 highly virulent genotype GIIb PEDV strain CH/HNPJ/2017. Dpv: days post vaccination; IM: intramuscularly.