Vaccination with transgenic Eimeria tenella expressing Eimeria maxima AMA1 and IMP1 confers partial protection against high-level E. maxima challenge in a broiler model of coccidiosis

Vaccination with transgenic Eimeria tenella expressing Eimeria maxima AMA1 and IMP1 confers partial protection against high-level E. maxima challenge in a broiler model of coccidiosis

Abstract Background Poultry coccidiosis is a parasitic enteric disease with a highly negative impact on chicken production. In-feed chemoprophylaxis remains the primary method of control, but the increasing ineffectiveness of anticoccidial drugs, and potential future restrictions on their use has en...

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Main Authors: Iván Pastor-Fernández, Sungwon Kim, Virginia Marugán-Hernández, Francesca Soutter, Fiona M. Tomley, Damer P. Blake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Poultry coccidiosis
Vaccination
Transgenic Eimeria tenella
Apical Membrane Antigen-1
Immune Mapped Protein-1
Broiler model of coccidiosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-020-04210-2

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