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Vaccine Detail
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Megan Vac1 |
| Vaccine Information |
- Vaccine Name: Megan Vac1
- Target Pathogen: Salmonella spp.
- Target Disease: Salmonellosis
- Tradename: Megan Vac1
- Manufacturer: Lohman Animal Health International
- Vaccine Ontology ID: VO_0001022
- Type: Live, attenuated vaccine
- Status: Licensed
- Host Species for Licensed Use: Chicken
- Immunization Route: Coarse spray application in the hatchery, or to birds on the barn floor or in cages, or in the drinking water
- Description: Megan Vac1 is a Salmoneela vaccine that consists of a double gene-deleted S. enterica serovar Typhimurium strain and is designed for protection of broilers to reduce Salmonella contamination (Babu et al., 2004; Burns et al).
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| References |
Babu et al., 2004: Babu U, Dalloul RA, Okamura M, Lillehoj HS, Xie H, Raybourne RB, Gaines D, Heckert RA. Salmonella enteritidis clearance and immune responses in chickens following Salmonella vaccination and challenge. Veterinary immunology and immunopathology. 2004; 101(3-4); 251-257. [PubMed: 15350755].
Burns et al: Megan Egg – protection for commercial layers against Salmonella enteritidis infection for consumer protection [http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/00n0504/00N-0504_emc-001650-02.pdf]
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