Protective efficacy of a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys as an in ovo vaccine against Newcastle and Marek's diseases in specific pathogen-free chickens
Protective efficacy of a recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys as an in ovo vaccine against Newcastle and Marek's diseases in specific pathogen-free chickens
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DOI:
10.1016/0264-410x(95)00242-s
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发表时间:
1996-04-01
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
Schwartz, RD
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作者:
Reddy, SK;Sharma, JM;Schwartz, RD
We investigated the potential of a herpesvirus of turkey (HVT)-based recombinant virus (rHVT) as an in ovo vaccine to protect specific-pathogen-free chickens against Newcastle disease (ND) and Marek's disease (MD). The rHVT, designed to express fusion (F) and hemogglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) glycoproteins of the lentogenic Hitchner BI strain of ND virus (NDV), as well as glycoproteins A and B of the GA strain of serotype I MD virus (NDV) was efficacious in protecting chickens against ND and MD. No adverse effects on hatchability or the survival of chickens were observed following in ovo vaccination with rHVT. A single administration at embryonation day 18 (ED18) or at hatch protected chickens against challenge-exposures with virulent MDV strain RB-IB and velogenic NDV strain GB-Texas (NDV-GB-TX). Vaccinated chickens developed antibodies against both viruses as detected by serological tests, namely, hemagglutination inhibition, virus neutralization and western immunoblotting for NDV and immunofluorescence and radioimmunoprecipitation assays for MDV. PCR analysis showed that in ovo vaccination with rHVT resulted in a persistent infection leading to systemic immunity against ND for up to 8 weeks of age, the longest period of time tested in this study, However, virus isolation tests indicated that rHVT-vaccinated chickens were only partially protected from the replication of NDV-GB-TX in the trachea. The results of the study indicate that rHVT is safe for both ED18 and posthatch vaccination for ND and MD, and because the vaccine persists, it may induce longer lasting immunity than conventional five NDV vaccines. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.