pseudorabies vaccine

pseudorabies vaccine
any of several vaccines used for immunization of swine against pseudorabies. Four types are used: one using an attenuated virus, one with an inactivated virus, one with a thymidine kinase–deficient virus, and a subunit vaccine.

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