Infectious bursal disease: evaluation of maternal immunity and protection by vaccination of one-day old chicks against challenge with a very virulent virus isolate

Broiler chicks belonging to two poultry companies, A and B, with different breeders' vaccination programs were challenged with a very virulent strains of infectious bursal disease virus (vvIBDV), genotyped as G11. Birds were separated in four groups, two vaccinated at the first day of life and...

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Main Authors: HLS Moraes, CTP Salle, VP Nascimento, FO Salle, ACGP Rocha, GF Souza, TQ Furian, JO Artencio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2005-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2005000100009