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Enteritis Vaccines
Research from University of Guelph, Department of Pathobiology in the area of enteritis vaccines published
September 17th, 2008
Fresh data on enteritis are presented in the report 'Oral immunization of broiler chickens against necrotic enteritis with an attenuated Salmonella vaccine vector expressing Clostridium perfringens antigens.' "Necrotic enteritis (NE) in broiler chickens is caused by Clostridium perfringens but currently no effective vaccine is available. Our previous study showed that certain C. perfringens secreted proteins when administered intramuscularly protected chickens against experimental infection," scientists writing in the journal Vaccine report. "In the current study, genes encoding three C. perfringens proteins: fructose-biphosphate-aldolase (FBA),...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-09-17)
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