A stably transformed duckweed plant or culture transformed with a gene expressing a bluetongue virus (btv) antigen or fragment or variant thereof and a method of producing the btv antigen

摘要

The present invention encompasses BTV vaccines or compositions. The vaccine or composition may be a vaccine or composition containing BTV antigens. The invention also encompasses recombinant vectors encoding and expressing BTV antigens, epitopes or immunogens which can be used to protect animals, such as ovines, bovines, or caprines, against BTV.