Global Status of Porcine circovirus Type 2 and Its Associated Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 2

Available commercial PCV2 vaccines and some of their features.

Vaccine	Antigen	Recommended usage	Manufacturer	Adjuvant
Circovac®	Inactivated PCV2a virus (whole virus)	Breeding sows (two doses at 5 weeks of age and 2 weeks ante -partum)/piglets	Merial, Lyon, France	Mineral oil
FosteraTM PCV	Killed chimeric PCV1-2a virus	One dose for piglets of three weeks old or above	Pfizer	SL-CD aqueous
Ingelvac CircoFLEX®	Capsid protein of PCV2a (recombinant)	One dose for piglets of three weeks of age or older	Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.; Missouri, U.S.A.	Carbomer
Circumvent® PCV	Capsid protein of PCV2a (recombinant)	Two doses at 3 and 6 weeks of age of piglets/growers respectively	Intervet/SP (Merck)	Microsol Diluvac Forte® (MDF)
Porcilis® PCV	Capsid protein of PCV2a (recombinant)	One dose for piglets of three weeks of age or older	Schering-Plough (Merck)	Mineral oil