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Porphyromonas gulae

Table of Contents

General Information
Vaccine Information
1. Periovac
References

I. General Information

1. NCBI Taxonomy ID:

111105

2. Disease:

Canine periodontitis

3. Introduction

Porphyromonas gulae is a black-pigmented, asaccharolytic, anaerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative, rod-shaped organism (Hamada et al., 2008).

II. Vaccine Information

1. Periovac

a. Tradename:

Periovac

b. Manufacturer:

Pfizer Animal Health

c. Vaccine Ontology ID:

VO_0000852

d. Type:

Inactivated or "killed" vaccine

e. Status:

Licensed

f. Host Species for Licensed Use:

Dog

g. Immunization Route

Intramuscular injection (i.m.)

h. Description

Killed vaccine against periodontitis

III. References

1. Hamada et al., 2008: Hamada N, Takahashi Y, Watanabe K, Kumada H, Oishi Y, Umemoto T. Molecular and antigenic similarities of the fimbrial major components between Porphyromonas gulae and P. gingivalis. Veterinary microbiology. 2008; 128(1-2); 108-117. [PubMed: 17977673].