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Eimeria necatrix: the development and characteristics of an egg-adapted (attenuated) line

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. W. Shirley
M. W. Shirley
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE17 2DA
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Summary

Sporozoites of Eimeria necatrix inoculated into the allantoic cavities of embryonating eggs completed their life-cycle in the chorio-allantoic membranes and produced fully viable oocysts. Subsequently, as a result of repeated passage in this host, an egg-adapted line was developed and was found to be markedly less pathogenic for chickens than the nonpassaged parent strain. Antigens capable of inducing protective immunity against challenge with low doses of the parent strain were retained, however, indicating a possible use for this egg-adapted (attenuated) line of E. necatrix in the immunization of comercially reared chickens.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , December 1980 , pp. 525 - 535
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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