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Reports summarize vaccines study results from University of Melbourne, Veterinary Preclinical Center
December 17th, 2008
Data detailed in 'Development and immunogenicity of recombinant Mycoplasma gallisepticum vaccine strain ts-11 expressing chicken IFN-gamma' have been presented. "Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) is a poultry pathogen that causes respiratory disease and loss of egg production worldwide. A live attenuated vaccine, ts-11, has been used for the control of MG in several countries," scientists in Parkville, Australia report. "To improve the functionality of the vaccine and investigate its potential as a delivery vector for host immune molecules and foreign antigens, we have developed ts-11 as a vector to express and secrete chicken IFN-gamma (ts-11 C3) using a transposon-based...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-12-17)
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