Article
Humoral responses and salmonellosis protection in chickens given a vitamin-dependent Salmonella typhimurium mutant.
Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Alderton M R, Fahey K J, Coloe P J
Abstract excerpt
Humoral responses in chickens inoculated with an aromatic vitamin dependent (Aro-) Salmonella typhimurium mutant (STM) were studied to ascertain the efficacy of the organism as a vaccine for salmonellosis and possibly as a delivery system for antigens from enteric pathogens of chickens. Serum antibody responses in chickens that were given oral or subcutaneous inoculations of the bacterium followed the classic...
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- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Chickens
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Feces
- Immunoglobulin A
