The invention provides an improved Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin vaccine composition, which advantageously provides immunity from infection after a single administration. The composition comprises an inactivated Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin and an adjuvant mixture, which, in combination, provide immunity from Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection after a single administration, and elicit an immune response specific to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin and including cell-mediated immunity and local (secretory IgA) immunity. In a preferred embodiment, the adjuvant mixture comprises an acrylic acid polymer, most preferably CARBOPOL®, and a mixture of a metabolizable oil such as one or more unsaturated terpene hydrocarbons, preferably squalene or squalane, and a polyoxyethylene-polypropylene block copolymer such as PLURONIC®. The vaccine composition may optionally include a preservative, preferably thimerosal and/or EDTA. In another embodiment, the invention provides an improved Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin vaccine composition, which advantageously provides immunity from infection after a single administration, and comprises an inactivated Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin and an adjuvant or adjuvant mixture, which, in combination, provide immunity from Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection after a single administration, and elicit an immune response specific to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin and including cell-mediated immunity and local (secretory IgA) immunity, in combination with other vaccine components.
1. A vaccine composition for immunizing a porcine animal against infection by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae which comprises
an immunizing amount of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin;
an adjuvant mixture comprising an acrylic acid polymer and a mixture of a metabolizable oil and a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer; and
a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier which vaccine composition after a single administration elicits protective immunity in said porcine animal against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infection, wherein the adjuvant mixture provides a ratio of about 1:25 to 1:50 of acrylic acid polymer to metabolizable oil/polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer.
2. The vaccine according to claim 1 , wherein the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin is inactivated.
3. The vaccine composition of claim 1 , wherein the adjuvant mixture comprises about 1-25% v/v of the vaccine composition.
4. The vaccine composition of claim 3 , wherein the acrylic acid polymer is present in a final concentration of about 1% v/v and the mixture of the metabolizable oil with polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer is present in a final concentration of about 5% to 10% v/v of the vaccine composition.
5. The vaccine composition of claim 3 , wherein the adjuvant mixture comprises about 2% to 15% v/v of the vaccine composition.
6. The vaccine composition of claim 5 , wherein the adjuvant mixture comprises about 5% to 12% v/v of the vaccine composition.
7. The vaccine composition of claim 1 , wherein the metabolizable oil is squalane or squalene.
8. The vaccine composition of claim 1 , wherein the acrylic acid polymer is a polymer of acrylic acid cross-linked with polyallylsucrose having the chemical formula (CH 2 CHOOOH) n .
9. A vaccine comprising inactivated Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin, a metabolizable oil, a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer and an acrylic acid polymer in the form of an oil in water emulsion.
10. The vaccine composition as in any one of claim 1 , claim 2 or claims 3 - 9 , further comprising at least one bacterin or purified toxoid selected from the group consisting of Haemophilus parasuis, Pasteurella multocida, Streptococcus suis, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Salmonella choleraesuis, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and leptospira.
11. A method for protecting a porcine animal against disease caused by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae comprising the step of administering to said porcine animal the vaccine composition of any one of claim 1 , claim 2 or claims 3 - 9 .
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the immunizing amount of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin is about 1×10 8 to 3×10 11 Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae DNA Cell equivalents (MHDCE)/mL.
13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the immunizing amount of said bacterin is about 1×10 9 to 3×10 9 MHDCE/mL.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the vaccine composition is administered by intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, aerosol, oral or intranasal route.
15. A method for protecting a porcine animal against disease caused by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae comprising the step of administering to said porcine animal the vaccine composition of claim 10 .
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the vaccine composition is administered by intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, aerosol, oral or intranasal route.