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VACCINE
卷 24, 期 37-39, 页码 6250-6255出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.05.070
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Salmonella enteritidis; vaccination; internal egg contamination; intravenous challenge
Eggs are a major source of human infections with Salmonella. Therefore controlling egg contamination in laying hen flocks is one of the main targets for control programmes. A study was carried out to assess the effect of oral vaccination with TAD Salmonella vac (R) E, TAD Salmonella vac (R) T and with both vaccines TAD Salmonella vac (R) E and TAD Salmonella vac (R) T, on colonization of the reproductive tract and internal egg contamination of laying hens with Salmonella Enteritidis. Three groups of 30 laying hens were vaccinated at I day, 6 weeks and 16 weeks of age with either one of the vaccine strains, or a combination of both vaccine strains, while a fourth group was left unvaccinated. At 24 weeks of age, the birds were intravenously challenged with 0.5 ml containing 5 x 10(7) cfu Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 S1400/94. The number of oviducts from which Salmonella was isolated, was significantly lower in the vaccinated than in the non-vaccinated hens at 3 weeks post-challenge. Significantly less egg contents were Salmonella positive in the birds vaccinated with TAD Salmonella vac (R) E or TAD Salmonella vac (R) T (12/105 batches of eggs in both groups) than in the unvaccinated birds (28/105 batches of eggs). Internal egg contamination in the hens vaccinated with both TAD Salmonella vac (R) E and TAD Salmonella vac (R) T was even more reduced, as over the whole experiment, only one batch of eggs was positive. In conclusion, these data indicate that vaccination of laying hens with these live vaccines could be considered as a valuable tool in controlling internal egg contamination. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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