USE OF RHODOCOCCUS FOR PREVENTING POST-WEANING MULTISYSTEMIC WASTING SYNDROME

摘要

The invention relates to a method for treating or preventing (includingimmunisingagainst) post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and/or porcinedermatitis and nephropathy syndrome (PDNS) in a subject comprisingadministeringan effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition or immune modulatorcomposition comprising a whole cell of a bacterium from one or more of thegeneraRhodococcus, Gordonia, Nocardia, Dietzia, Tsukamurella and Nocardioides, tosaidsubject. In addition the method relates to the use of an immune modulatorcomposition or a pharmaceutical composition comprising a whole cell of abacteriumfrom the genera Rhodococcus, Gordonia, Nocardia, Dietzia, Tsukamurella andNocardioides, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment orprevention ofpost-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) and/or porcine dermatitisandnephropathy syndrome (PDNS).