Article
A carAB mutant of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli serogroup O2 is attenuated and effective as a live oral vaccine against colibacillosis in turkeys.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 1994
Kwaga J K, Allan B J, van der Hurk J V, Seida H, Potter A A
Abstract excerpt
Colibacillosis is a serious and economically important disease of the respiratory tract of chickens and turkeys. The serogroups of Escherichia coli commonly associated with colibacillosis in poultry are O1, O2, and O78. Although previous attempts to develop a vaccine have not been very successful...
Topics
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Bacterial Vaccines
- Base Sequence
- Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Glutamine-Hydrolyzing)
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Poultry Diseases
- Turkeys
- Vaccination
- Vaccines, Attenuated
- Virulence