Chicken viruses have the potential to be used to deliver vaccines
Date
2012-06-11
Authors
Correndor, J.C.
Nagy, E.
Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship
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Abstract
The research demonstrated the FAdV-9 as a potential virus to deliver vaccines in rock barred chicken. They identified the region of the FAdV-9 DNA where the foreign genes can be added.
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Keywords
Fowl adenovirus 9, recombinant viruses, gene expression, virus vectors, recombi-nant vaccine, antibody response, virus shedding, chicken, clear language research summary