Non-pathogenic f18 e. coli strain and use thereof
AssigneePrevtec Microbia Inc.
InventorsJohn Morris Fairbrother, Éric Nadeau, Clarisse Desautels
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Abstract
There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.
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1-19. (canceled)
A composition comprising a mixture of live Escherichia coli strains including an F4-expressing strain and an F18-expressing strain, the mixture being capable of reducing F18 intestine colonization in an animal upon intestinal delivery of the mixture more effectively relative to a comparison composition that is identical to said composition except for not including said F4-expressing strain.
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