Optimizing antibiotics free preventative strategy using vaccines and probiotics for controlling necrotic enteritis in chickens
Principal Investigator - Susantha Gomis, University of Saskatchewan
Year the work was done - 2018-2023
Overall objective -
Develop a strategy for controlling necrotic enteritis in chickens using novel vaccines and probiotics formulated in our lab while comparing and combining them with an autogenous vaccine (will be prepared by VECCI-VET Inc.) and commercially available probiotics (PoultryStar®) options available in Canada.
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Assessment of FadV-9 based vectored vaccine expressing NetB antigen in protection against necrotic enteritis in chickens
Principal Investigator - Éva Nagy, University of Guelph
Year the work was done - 2018-2020
Overall objective -
Analysis of fowl adenovirus 9 based recombinants containing the netB gene of Campylobacter perfringens (in vitro studies, and evaluation of the recombinants by immunization and challenge studies of chickens (in vivo studies).
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