Strain-specific vaccine and diagnostic kit for porcine TTV
This technology covers four newly characterized strains of Porcine Torque Teno Virus (PTTV) discovered in Virginia, along with vaccines and diagnostic tools built around them. The vaccines use the virus's outer protein coat (capsid) to train a pig's immune system to recognize and fight PTTV infection, and can be delivered in several formats including killed-virus, live-attenuated, or subunit approaches. The diagnostic side provides PCR-based tests and antibody-detection assays (ELISA, Western blot) that can distinguish between specific PTTV strains. PTTV is associated with immune suppression in pigs and is suspected to worsen outcomes from other swine diseases, making both prevention and accurate detection commercially relevant to the pork industry.
What you could build
A licensed swine vaccine and companion diagnostic kit targeting PTTV, sold to veterinary biologics companies or integrated pork producers seeking to reduce disease burden and antibiotic use in commercial hog operations.
Who in Virginia should care
Virginia's significant commercial swine production sector and companies like Smithfield Foods (headquartered in Virginia) would be natural early adopters or licensing partners.
Readiness: Lab validated
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
- Xiang-Jin MENG, Yaowei Huang
- Granted
- February 20, 2018
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 9897605
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Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties handles licensing for this technology.
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