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Campylobacter Vaccine

 Campylobacter jejuni vaccine protects ferrets against infection

According to a study from the United States, "Ferrets were used to demonstrate the potential of a killed whole cell vaccine prepared from Campylobacter jejuni to protect against disease. C. jejuni strain 81-176 was grown in BHI broth, formalin-fixed, and resuspended in PBS to a concentration of 10¹⁰ cells/mL. This vaccine (CWC) or live organisms were delivered orally with a nasogastric tube into anesthetized animals treated to reduce gastric acidity and intestinal motility."

"When 5 x 10¹⁰ CFU of the vaccine strain...

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