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. 2014 Jul 10;159(11):2977–2987. doi: 10.1007/s00705-014-2163-7

Table 1.

Experimental design for sow immunization

Group Time prior to farrowing
6 weeks 4 weeks 2 weeks
1 Placeboa PEDV live vaccineb Inactivated PEDV vaccineb
2 Placebo PEDV live vaccine PEDV S1 immunogen
3 PEDV S1 immunogena PEDV S1 immunogen PEDV S1 immunogen
4 Placebo Placebo Placebo

aPlacebo (cell culture medium) and protein (PEDV S1) immunizations were given intramuscularly with the oil-in-water adjuvant

bCommercial PEDV live and inactivated vaccines were administrated intramuscularly according to the manufacturers’ instructions with the oil-in-water adjuvant