Article
Reduction in faecal excretion of Salmonella typhimurium strain F98 in chickens vaccinated with live and killed S. typhimurium organisms.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Jun 1990
Barrow P A, Hassan J O, Berchieri A
Abstract excerpt
Chickens given orally at 4 days of age a smooth spectinomycin resistant mutant (Spcr) of Salmonella typhimurium strain F98 excreted the organism in their faeces for approximately 4 weeks. Following oral administration of a nalidixic acid resistant (Nalr) mutant of the same strain 4 weeks later when the chickens had virtually cleared themselves of the first infection, these chickens excreted far fewer salmonella...
Topics
- Agglutination Tests
- Animals
- Cattle
- Chickens
- Feces
- Humans
- Mice
- Mutation
- Plasmids
- Poultry Diseases
- Salmonella Infections, Animal
- Salmonella typhimurium