Table 1.
Group | Time prior to farrowing | ||
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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