Evaluation of a Chicken Astrovirus Vaccine to Improve Efficiency in Broiler Chickens

Evaluation of a Chicken Astrovirus Vaccine to Improve Efficiency in Broiler Chickens

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It is well established that embryos and hatchling chicks are the most affected by pathogenic strains of CAstV, which can result in embryo mortality, runting, poor thrift, stunting, abnormal feathering or kidney disease with increased mortality and culling. Therefore a breeder vaccine given to adult hens would be most effective as it would prevent vertical transmission of the virus into eggs from the hens and provide matAbs to the chicks to protect them against horizontal infections from the environment during the vulnerable neonatal period. Such a vaccine needs to be harmless to the hens, stimulate a strong immune response and provide protection to the offspring via maternallyderived antibodies against a range of pathogenic strains, most of which have been historically associated with the B group.

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https://terrapinn-cdn.com/conference/world-vaccine-congress-washington/data/WVC-September-AFBI-poultry-astrovirus-vaccine.pdf
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