AVIS-IBIS

Birds of Indian Subcontinent

Field Vaccination Trials against Turkey Coryza Using a Temperature-Sensitive Mutant of Alcaligenes faecalis

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
Taxonomic name: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith