Efficacy in turkeys of spray vaccination with a temperature-sensitive mutant of Bordetella avium (Art Vax).

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Efficacy in turkeys of spray vaccination with a temperature-sensitive mutant of Bordetella avium (Art Vax).

Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000

Houghten G E, Skeeles J K, Rosenstein M, Beasley J N, Slavik M F

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Broad-breasted white turkeys were vaccinated with a temperature-sensitive mutant of Bordetella avium (Art Vax) at 2 and 15 days of age and challenged at 22 days of age by contact with infected birds. Necropsy was performed at 35 days of age. Two vaccination protocols (eyedrop/oral and spray cabin...

Topics

Administration, Oral
Aerosols
Animals
Bacterial Vaccines
Bordetella
Bordetella Infections
Female
Mutation
Ophthalmic Solutions
Poultry Diseases
Temperature
Turkeys
Vaccination

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