Wallach, Michael, Smith, Nicholas C., Petracca, M., Miller, Catherine M.D., Eckert, Johannes, and Braun, Richard (1995) Eimeria maxima gametocyte antigens: potential use in a subunit maternal vaccine against coccidiosis in chickens. Vaccine, 13 (4). pp. 347-354.

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Abstract

Affinity-purified gametocyte antigens (APGA) from Eimeria maxima, emulsified in Freund's adjuvant, were injected intramuscularly into breeding hens on two or three occasions. As a result, progeny of the immunized hens were partially immune to infection with E. maxima, Eimeria tenella and Eimeria acervulina (with a reduction in total oocyst output of 45–63% as compared with progeny of untreated hens). Thus, APGA in Freund's adjuvant appears to have great potential as part of a maternally applied vaccine against coccidiosis. The ability of APGA to induce partial cross-species protection is most probably due to the existence of conserved epitopes in the different species as indicated by comparative Western blots of E. maxima and E. tenella. Surprisingly, Freund's adjuvant by itself also induced significant levels of maternal immunity to coccidiosis (with a 12–35% reduction in oocyst output in the progeny). In contrast to the purified antigens or Freund's alone, crude extracts from gametocytes as well as other developmental stages, induced little if any significant maternal immunity despite provoking the production of large amounts of parasite-specific IgG, including antibodies to APGA. This result indicates that a successful maternal vaccine against coccidiosis requires, in addition to good recognition of protective antigens, the exclusion of irrelevant antigens from the vaccine preparation.

Item ID:	34613
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1873-2518
Keywords:	APGA; maternal immunity; Eimeria
Funders:	Bundesamt fur Bildung und Wissenschaft, Bern (Project: Coccidiosis, COST 89), Roche Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation
Projects and Grants:	Swiss National Science Foundation (31-33757.92 and 31-35656.92)
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2014 04:40
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