METHODS OF PROTECTING ANIMALS FROM AVIAN INFLUENZA INFECTION

摘要

The present invention provides methods of vaccinating non-avian, non-human animals against avian influenza. The methods of the invention comprise administering to the animal at least one dose of a vaccine composition comprising an immunologically-effective amount of an inactivated influenza virus. The influenza virus may contain any combination of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase subtypes. An exemplary inactivated influenza virus for use in a vaccine composition of the invention is a reverse genetics H5N3 virus. The animals to which the vaccine composition is administered may be any non-avian, non-human animal such as a dog, a cat or a pig.