Comparison of immune responses of two Salmonella gallinarum strains viewed as possible vaccines for fowl typhoid in Kenya
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1998Author
Bebora, Lilly C
Nyaga, P N
Kimoro, C O
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BEBORA, LILLY C., NYAGA, P.N. & KIMORO, C.O. 1998. Comparison of immune responses of two Salmonella
gallina rum strains viewed as possible vaccines for fowl typhoid in Kenya. Onderstepoort Journal
of Veterinary Research, 65:67-73
The immune responses of two S. gallinarum strains, L46 and CN 180, were compared in 15-weekold
cockerels.
The humoral and cell-mediated immune responses were assayed by means of the indirect haemagglutination
test (IHA) and the macrophage migration inhibition test (MIT), respectively. Birds were
vaccinated with the two vaccines, respectively, and bled for sera (for IHA) and cells (for MIT) every
week up to the seventh week, post vaccination, then every alternate week, three times, and later once
every month, for a total period of 37 weeks. Strain L46 was found to induce an immune response that
was very similar to that of CN 180. Both gave good humoral and cellular responses.
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Bebora, L.C, Nyaga, P.N. & Komoro, C.O(1998). Comparison of immune responses of two Salmonella gallinarum strains viewed as possible vaccines for fowl typhoid in Kenya. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; 65:67-73.Publisher
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi
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