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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
The efficacy of Salmonella enteritidis (SE) oil-emulsion bacterin (a commercially available vaccine) was evaluated in an intravaginal challenge model in hens producing a high rate of SE-contaminated eggs. Hens were vaccinated at 38 wk of age. A second (booster) bacterin injection was administered 4 wk later. Two weeks after the second vaccination, all hens were challenged intravaginally with 10(7) colony-forming units of SE. After challenge, 36 of 189 eggs (19.0%) in the vaccinated hens were positive for SE, and this contamination rate was significantly (P < 0.01) lower than that in the unvaccinated hens (61 of 165 eggs, 37.0%). SE was highly recovered from the cloacal and vaginal swabs of the unvaccinated and vaccinated hens, but the number of SE from the cloaca of the vaccinated hens was significantly (P < 0.05) lower than that in the unvaccinated hens at 7 days post-challenge (PC). The recoveries of SE from the spleen and ovary in the vaccinated hens were significantly (P < 0.05) lower than those in the unvaccinated hens at 7 days PC. At necropsy, SE was recovered from 2 of 15 forming eggs (13.3%) taken from the oviducts of the unvaccinated hens, whereas no SE was recovered from 17 forming eggs in the vaccinated hens. After vaccination, serum antibodies for SE in the vaccinated hens were significantly higher than those in the unvaccinated hens. Antibodies from the oviductal washing, especially immunoglobulin G isotype, in the vaccinated hens were higher than those in the unvaccinated hens after challenge. This intravaginal challenge model produced frequent contaminated eggs and clearly demonstrated the ability of the bacterin to protect against egg contamination. The present model may be a useful tool for further studies to evaluate the protective effect against SE contamination of eggs by potential vaccine candidates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0005-2086
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
497-505
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of the efficacy of Salmonella enteritidis oil-emulsion bacterin in an intravaginal challenge model in hens.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't