The use of transgenic tobacco as a production and delivery system for a vaccine against hemorrhagic enteritis virus of turkeys
Hemorrhagic enteritis virus (HEV) causes an acute viral disease in turkeys characterized by bloody diarrhea and death. Current live HEV virus vaccines are immunosuppressive and predispose turkeys to secondary bacterial infections. Data indicates that the capsid proteins (fiber, penton base, hexon) o...
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Virginia Tech
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9780 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08072000-15210034 |