Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1981 |
Authors: | Burke, DS, Jensen, MM |
Journal: | Avian Diseases |
Volume: | 25 |
Issue: | 1 |
Date Published: | 1981 |
ISBN Number: | 00052086 |
Keywords: | Meleagris, Meleagris gallopavo, Phasianidae |
Abstract: | In field trials, 14 flocks of turkeys were vaccinated against coryza (rhinotracheitis) with a temperature-sensitive mutant of Alcaligenes faecalis via drinking water. Vaccine doses of 5 to 250 million bacteria per turkey were used. Turkeys ranged in age from 2.5 to 13 weeks. Doses of 5 to 7 million bacteria did not induce complete protection. Doses of 50 million bacteria or more appeared to induce substantial immunity in most flocks. Six-week-old birds receiving doses of 90 million bacteria developed a high degree of protection against challenge with virulent A. faecalis. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1589830 |
Short Title: | Avian Diseases |
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