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

ReferenceBFP11367
Principal Investigator / Supervisor Professor Paul Barrow
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Jim Kaufman
Institution The Pirbright Institute
DepartmentDiv of Molecular Biology
Funding typeResearch
Value (£) 758,588
StatusCompleted
TypeResearch Grant
Start date 01/12/1999
End date 31/05/2005
Duration66 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 of Animal Health to thoroughly examine the mechanisms of immunity to both food-poisoning and potential vaccine serotypes of Salmonella in chickens. (Joint with grant BFP11365).

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