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The effect of vaccination with a Salmonella enteritidis aroA mutant on early cellular responses in caecal lamina propria of newly-hatched chickens.
Vaccine - 26 Jul 2002
Van Immerseel Filip, De Buck Jeroen, De Smet Isabel, Mast Jan, Haesebrouck Freddy, Ducatelle Richard
Abstract excerpt
When newly hatched chicks are inoculated with a Salmonella strain, they induce a rapid onset of resistance to intestinal colonization by other Salmonella strains. The exact mechanism of this early colonization-inhibition is not known. To study host-related contributions to this phenomenon, the kinetics of immune cell infiltration in the caecal wall was analyzed during the first 10 days after vaccination of newly...
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