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Mechanisms of immunity to food-poisoning and vaccine serotypes of Salmonella in chickens

Reference	BFP11365
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Ian McConnell
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Duncan Maskell
Institution	University of Cambridge
Department	Veterinary Medicine
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	693,646
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/03/2000
End date	30/06/2005
Duration	64 months

Abstract

Food-poisoning from certain Salmonella serotypes found in chicken and eggs continue to rise each year, despite more stringent procedures as well as use of antibiotics and killed vaccines. Live vaccines offer the promise of simple, effective and sustainable biological control. However, existing candidate live vaccines do not provide the protection that results from recovery from infection. In order to gain the fundamental knowledge necessary to develop effective live vaccines in a rational manner, we propose to establish a substantial and long-term collaboration between the University of Cambridge and the Institute for Animal Health to thoroughly examine the mechanisms of immunity to both food-poisoning and potential vaccine serotypes of Salmonella in chickens. (Joint with grant BFP11367).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Biology of Food-Borne Pathogens (BFP) [1997]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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BFP11367 Mechanisms of immunity to food-poisoning and vaccine serotypes of Salmonella in chickens

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