Disease control in avian species by embryonal vaccination
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsJagdev M. Sharma, Ben R. Burmester
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Abstract
Avian diseases, particularly those which threaten birds early in life, are controlled by embryonal vaccination during the final quarter of incubation. The site of inoculation may be either into the amnion, to include the amniotic fluid and the embryo itself, or else into the yolk sac. Protection afforded to chicks inoculated prehatch is four times or more than that of chicks inoculated post-hatch.
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A method for controlling an immunizable disease of viral, bacterial, or microbial origin in an avian species comprising injecting a vaccine effective for inducing immunity against said disease into the egg embodying the embryo of said avian species, wherein said injection is made during the final quarter of the incubation period whereby the embryo has developed immunologic competence and wherein said vaccine is injected within the region defined by either the amnion or the yolk sac.
A method for controlling an immunizable disease of viral, bacterial, or microbial origin in the rearing of an avian species comprising the steps:
- a. incubating an embryonated egg of said avian species under conditions suitable for embryonic development and for the hatching of said avian species from said egg at the termination of the incubation period;
- b. injecting into the egg a vaccine effective for inducing immunity in the avian species against said disease, wherein said injection is made during the final quarter of the incubation period whereby the embryo has developed immunologic competence and wherein said vaccine is injected within the region defined by either the amnion or the yolk sac;
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- c. allowing said avian species to hatch from said egg at the termination of said incubation period.
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