Protective Efficacy of Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticle Adsorbed Bivalent Subunit Vaccine of Pasteurella multocida against Homologous Challenge in Mice

Swine pasteurellosis, caused by Pasteurella multocida capsular types A and D, causes heavy economic loss to the pig farmers. The vaccine presently used is a bacterin of Pasteurella multocida capsular type B that is proven to be effective against bovine pasteurellosis. However, its efficacy against swine pasteurellosis is questionable.

The present study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of calcium phosphate nanoparticle adjuvanted bivalent subunit vaccine prepared from Pasteurella multocida capsular types A and D along with a monovalent subunit vaccine prepared from Pasteurella multocida capsular type B in mice. The Alum precipitated bacterin vaccine was used as the control.

The bivalent subunit vaccine showed significantly higher serum IgG response than either of the other two vaccines. The calcium phosphate nanoparticle adjuvanted vaccines could elicit 100% protection in mice against homologous challenges but the aluminum hydroxide adjuvanted bacterin vaccine could not elicit significant protection. Based on this preliminary work, it was concluded that the bivalent subunit vaccine would be a better option for immunization of swine against swine pasteurellosis.