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1 June 2009 Protection Against Fowl Cholera Conferred by Vaccination with Recombinant Pasteurella multocida Filamentous Hemagglutinin Peptides
Fred M. Tatum, Louisa B. Tabatabai, Robert E. Briggs
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Abstract

Three gene fragments, derived from Pasteurella multocida strain P-1059 (serotype A:3), encoding approximately the 5′ one-third of fhaB2 were overexpressed individually in Escherichia coli. The recombinant peptides were purified, pooled, and administered to turkey poults to evaluate immunity. The results showed that turkeys immunized twice with the recombinant peptides were significantly protected against intranasal challenge with P. multocida strain P-1059. Vaccination elicited antibody responses, based on Western blotting, that were reactive with a wild-type P-1059 cellular product approximately 170 kDa in size and multiple high molecular weight products in culture supernatant. These antibodies did not react with cell or supernatant blots of a P-1059 fhaB2 isogenic mutant. Pasteurella multocida fhaB2 genes of a bovine strain (A:3) and an avian strain (F:3) are highly conserved as is the portion of P-1059 fhaB2 examined here (>99% identities). These findings suggest that broad cross-protection against this heterogeneous pathogen may be achievable through immunization with specific recombinant FHAB2 peptides.

Fred M. Tatum, Louisa B. Tabatabai, and Robert E. Briggs "Protection Against Fowl Cholera Conferred by Vaccination with Recombinant Pasteurella multocida Filamentous Hemagglutinin Peptides," Avian Diseases 53(2), 169-174, (1 June 2009). https://doi.org/10.1637/8471-092308-Reg.1
Received: 24 September 2008; Accepted: 1 November 2008; Published: 1 June 2009
KEYWORDS
filamentous hemagglutinin
Pasteurella multocida
recombinant vaccine
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