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The influence of age on the response of SPF hens to infection with Salmonella enteritidis PT4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

T. J. Humphrey ,
H. Chart ,
A. Baskerville  and
B. Rowe
T. J. Humphrey
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Church Lane, Heavitree, Exeter, Devon EX2 5AD, U.K.
H. Chart
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, PHLS Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HT, U.K.
A. Baskerville
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research (CAMR), Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JG, U.K.
B. Rowe
Affiliation:
Division of Enteric Pathogens, PHLS Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HT, U.K.
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When Specific Pathogen–Free hens were infected with Salmonella enteritidis PT4 by direct administration into the crop, the age of the bird at infection was found to have an effect on both pathogenesis and antibody response. Birds at 20 weeks of age showed no adverse signs and developed high titres of antibodies of the IgM class, while those which were 1 year old at infection developed relatively little antibody arid had acute septicaemia, with 6 of 10 birds either dying or having to be humanely destroyed. The implication of these results for the control of salmonella infections in poultry is discussed.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 106 , Issue 1 , February 1991 , pp. 33 - 43
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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