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Research Progress on Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Vaccine

WANG Xian-wen   

  1. College of Animal Science, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China)
  • Received:2013-10-11 Online:2014-04-20 Published:2014-05-27

Abstract: There are many epitopes that are important in immunology and virulence on the surface of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), which offer insights for the direction of future research. Great development has been produced in the study on PCV2 vaccines, several efficacious vaccines have already been produced. Nutritive substance such as carboxymethylpachymaran, L-glutamine, arginine supplementation and Selenium can improve the preventive or curative effect in animals infected with PCV2.Research progress on PCV2 vaccine was introduced for better control of PCV2-associated diseases.

Key words: porcine circovirus type 2; epitope; vaccine