Host immune responses against hog cholera virus in pigs treated with an ionized alkali mineral complex

J Vet Sci. 2002 Dec;3(4):315-9.

Abstract

To determine the immune responses in pigs to hog cholera virus after treatment with an ionized alkali mineral complex (IAMC), 40 healthy pigs (28-32 days old) from a commercial swine farm were purchased and housed into 4 groups (n=10 each). All pigs were vaccinated intramuscularly (1 ml) with an attenuated live hog cholera virus (HCV, LOM strain) at 28-32 days old and challenged with a virulent hog cholera virus at 8 weeks after vaccination. Each group was treated with PowerFeel sprayed diet as 0.05% (w/w) in a final concentration (T-1, n=10), a diet mixed with SuperFeed as 3% (w/w) in a final concentration (T-2, n=10), or a diluted PowerFeel solution (1:500, v/v) as drinking water (T-3, n=10), respectively. A group (n=10) served as a non-treated control. Proportions of expressing CD2+ and CD8+ cells increased significantly (p<, 0.05) at 8-week post-application. Mean antibody titers of each group against HCV gradually increased to higher levels after vaccination and with challenge of the virulent virus. In conclusion, the IAMC-treated diets can be helpful for the improvement of growth in pigs with proper vaccination program, while the IAMC-treated diets have no effects on the clinical protection against hog cholera.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkalies / immunology
  • Alkalies / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Classical Swine Fever / immunology*
  • Classical Swine Fever / prevention & control
  • Classical Swine Fever Virus / immunology*
  • Flow Cytometry / veterinary
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / veterinary
  • HLA Antigens / immunology
  • Minerals / immunology
  • Minerals / pharmacology*
  • Swine
  • Vaccination / veterinary*
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / immunology
  • Viral Vaccines / immunology*

Substances

  • Alkalies
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • HLA Antigens
  • Minerals
  • Vaccines, Attenuated
  • Viral Vaccines