Safety and efficacy of a maternal vaccine for the passive protection of broiler chicks against necrotic enteritis

Avian Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 489-497

  Crouch, C F ^a   Withanage, G S K ^a   de Haas, V ^b   Etore F ^c   Francis, M J ^a  

^a Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health   (United Kingdom)

^b Intervet Pharma R and D   (France)

^c Clinical Research Monitor   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TOXOID; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; TOXOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTERITIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INTESTINES; NECROSIS; POULTRY DISEASES; TOXOIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES; VACCINATION;

AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 78650155759     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2010.517513     Document Type: Article

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