Lawsonia intracellularis: Humoral immune response and fecal shedding in weanling foals following intra-rectal administration of frozen-thawed or lyophilized avirulent live vaccine

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-112

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Jackson, Ryan ^b   Mapes, Samantha M ^a   Noland, Jayme ^b   Stenbom, Robert M ^c   Gebhart, Connie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine proliferative enteropathy; Fecal shedding; Foals; Lawsonia intracellularis; Serology; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; ENTERISOL ILEITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FECES CULTURE; FOAL; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZE THAWING; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LAWSONIA; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; LAWSONIA BACTERIA; MALE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EQUIDAE; LAWSONIA INTRACELLULARIS;

EID: 77958171866     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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